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Arteriovenous malformations of the brain: natural history in unoperated patients.

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry · 1986 · Vol. 49(1) · pp. 1–10

Peggy Crawford✉(Walton Hospital)Christopher Robert West(University of Liverpool)David Chadwick(Walton Hospital)M. D. M. Shaw(Walton Hospital)

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Abstract

Two-hundred and seventeen patients from a total population of 343 patients with arteriovenous malformations, were managed without surgery. Follow up was for a mean of 10.4 years. Using life survival analyses, there was a 42% risk of haemorrhage, 29% risk of death, 18% risk of epilepsy and a 27% risk of having a neurological handicap by 20 years after diagnosis in unoperated patients.

Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage ResearchNatural historyMedicineEpilepsyArteriovenous malformationPopulationSurgeryPediatricsInternal medicine

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AdolescentAdultAgedIntracranial Arteriovenous MalformationsChildChild, PreschoolEpilepsyFollow-Up StudiesHumansHydrocephalusInfantMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesRiskSubarachnoid Hemorrhage

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