Diseases

Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations

Congenital vascular anomalies in the brain characterized by direct communication between an artery and a vein without passing through the CAPILLARIES. The locations and size of the shunts determine the symptoms including HEADACHES; SEIZURES; STROKE; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; mass effect; and vascular steal effect.

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Congenital vascular anomalies in the brain characterized by direct communication between an artery and a vein without passing through the CAPILLARIES. The locations and size of the shunts determine the symptoms including HEADACHES; SEIZURES; STROKE; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; mass effect; and vascular steal effect.

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  • AVM (Arteriovenous Malformation) Intracranial
  • Congenital Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations, Congenital
  • Arteriovenous Malformation, Intracranial
  • Arteriovenous Malformations, Intracranial
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformation
  • Malformation, Intracranial Arteriovenous
  • Malformations, Intracranial Arteriovenous
  • Arteriovenous Malformations, Cerebral
  • Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformations
  • Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformation, Ruptured
  • Ruptured Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformation
  • Arteriovenous Malformation, Cerebral
  • Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation
  • Malformation, Cerebral Arteriovenous
  • Malformations, Cerebral Arteriovenous

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34 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate IM with ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA (IM)

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History Note

2000(1973)

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Previous Indexing

  • Arteriovenous Fistula/congenital (1966-1972)
  • Cerebrovascular Disorders (1966-1972)

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  1. C10w.228w.140w.300w.520w
  2. C10w.500w.190.500w
  3. C14w.240.850w.750w.295w
  4. C14w.240.850w.875.500w
  5. C14w.907w.150w.295w
  6. C14w.907w.253w.560.400w
  7. C16w.131w.240.850w.750w.295w
  8. C16w.131w.240.850w.875.500w
  9. C16w.131w.666w.190.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002538. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002538
  2. Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_arteriovenous_malformation
  3. Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q191570