Arteriovenous malformations of the body and extremities: Analysis of therapeutic outcomes and approaches according to a modified angiographic classification
Arteriovenous malformations of the body and extremities: Analysis of therapeutic outcomes and approaches according to a modified angiographic classification
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DOI:
10.1583/05-1769.1
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发表时间:
2006-08-01
影响因子:
2.6
通讯作者:
Choo, In-Wook
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作者:
Cho, Sung Ki;Do, Young Soo;Choo, In-Wook
Purpose: To propose a modified angiographic classification for peripheral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and to determine its value for assessing therapeutic outcomes and approaches to ethanol embolization of AVMs in the body and extremities.Methods:AVMs of the trunk and extremities were categorized according to the angiographic morphology of the nidus: type I (arteriovenous fistulae), type II (arteriolovenous fistulae), type IIIa (arteriolovenulous fistulae with non-dilated fistula), and type IIIb (arteriolovenulous fistulae with dilated fistula). Sixty-six patients (41 women; mean age 28.3 years, range 5-53) with inoperable AVMs in the body and extremities who underwent staged ethanol embolizations were retrospectively analyzed. Therapeutic outcomes and approaches were evaluated according the above classification system.Results: The 66 AVMs were composed of 30 (45%) type IIIb, 13 (20%) type 11, 12 (18%) mixed types IIIa and IIIb, 9 (14%) mixed types II and IIIb, and 2 (3%) type IIIa. Ethanol embolization was most effective for type II (100%), and more effective for type IIIb (83%) than for type IIIa or mixed types (