Cranial dural arteriovenous fistulas: Modification of angiographic classification scales based on new natural history data

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Zipfel, Gregory J ^a   Shah, Manish N ^a   Refai, Daniel ^a   Dacey Jr , Ralph G ^a   Derdeyn, Colin P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral hemorrhage; Classification; Intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula; Natural history; Neurological deficits

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VEIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CLASSIFICATION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE COURSE; DURA MATER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; STANDARD; VASCULARIZATION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; CEREBRAL VEINS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DURA MATER; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 70349752913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.2.FOCUS0928     Document Type: Review

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