Analysis of venous drainage in three patients with extradural spinal arteriovenous fistulae at the craniovertebral junction with potentially benign implication

Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 150-155

  Puri, Ajit S ^a   Telischak, Nicholas Alexander ^b   Vissapragada, Ravi ^b   Thomas, Ajith J ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; CERVICAL; FISTULA; SPINE;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; CEREBRAL VEINS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL;

EID: 84894312007     PISSN: 17598478     EISSN: 17598486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/neurintsurg-2012-010589     Document Type: Article

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