The natural history of cranial dural arteriovenous fistulae with cortical venous reflux-the significance of venous ectasia

Clinical Neurosurgery

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 312-318

  Bulters, Diederik O ^a   Mathad, Nijaguna ^a   Culliford, David ^b   Millar, John ^a   Sparrow, Owen C ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Cortical venous drainage; Dural arteriovenous fistula; Hemorrhage; Natural history; Venous ectasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DURAL ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENOUS REFLUX; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA; BRAIN CORTEX; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CHOLANGIOGRAPHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRANIAL DURAL ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CRANIAL SINUS; INCIDENCE; JUGULAR FORAMEN; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84861163545     PISSN: 00694827     EISSN: 0148396X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318230966f     Document Type: Article

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