Endovascular occlusion of high-flow intracranial arteriovenous shunts: technical note

Willem Jan van Rooij; Menno Sluzewski

doi:10.1007/s00234-007-0289-y

Endovascular occlusion of high-flow intracranial arteriovenous shunts: technical note

Neuroradiology. 2007 Dec;49(12):1029-31. doi: 10.1007/s00234-007-0289-y. Epub 2007 Sep 6.

Authors

Willem Jan van Rooij¹, Menno Sluzewski

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiology, St. Elisabeth Ziekenhuis, Hilvarenbeekseweg 60, 5022 GC Tilburg, The Netherlands. radiol@knmg.nl

Abstract

Endovascular closure of high-flow arteriovenous (AV) shunts in intracranial AV malformations or pial fistulas is technically challenging. In this paper, we illustrate two simple methods to occlude large high-flow AV shunts in a controlled manner.

MeSH terms

Adult
Cerebral Angiography
Child
Embolization, Therapeutic / methods*
Female
Humans
Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / diagnostic imaging
Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations / therapy*
Male
Tomography, X-Ray Computed