Transvenous embolization of intracranial dural arteriovenous shunts through occluded venous segments: Experience in 51 patients

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1738-1744

  Lekkhong, E ^a   Pongpech, S ^a   Ter Brugge, K ^b   Jiarakongmun, P ^a   Willinsky, R ^b   Geibprasert, S ^a,b   Krings, T ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CATHETER; CAVERNOUS SINUS; COIL EMBOLIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR ACCESS; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; CEREBRAL VEINS; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054042231     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2566     Document Type: Article

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