Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations: Essentials for Patients and Practitioners

i. Acknowledgements ii. Preface iii. Foreword 1     Anatomy and Histology of Intracranial AVMs 2     Pathology and Genetics 3     Radiographic Anatomy: CT/MRI/Angiography and Risks 4     Molecular Biology 4     MRI Neurovascular Evaluation: Blood Flow, Perfusion, Diffusion, and Susceptibility 5     Natural History of Intracranial AVMs 6     Aneurysms Associated with Intracranial AVMs 7     Hemodynamic Factors: Vascular Steal and Breakthrough Bleeding 8     Classification Systems 9     Seizures and Intracranial AVMs 10   Decision Analysis for Asymptomatic Lesions 11   Decision Analysis for Symptomatic Lesions 12   Decision Analysis for Associated Aneurysms 13   Surgical Principles: Techniques, Goals, and Outcomes 14   Radiosurgery Principals for AVM Management: Techniques, Goals, and Outcomes 15   Principles of Neuroendovascular Management of AVMs: Goals, Timing, Techniques, and Outcomes 16   Multimodal/Combined Therapy: Goals and Outcomes 17   Palliation Versus Observation: Nonresectable AVMs 18   Conservative Management (Observation) of Intracranial AVMs 19   Grading Systems and Surgical Risks 20   Risks of Endovascular Treatment of iAVMs 21   Risks of Combined Therapies 22   Risks of Radiosurgery 23   Emergency Management of Ruptured Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations 24   Medical Comorbidities in Elective Surgery 25   Anesthetic Management of Intracranial AVMs 26   Management of Perioperative Complications During iAVM Treatment 27   Intracranial AVMs and the Neurointensivist 28   Obstetric Considerations in AVM Management 29   Preoperative, Intraoperative, and Postoperative Imaging 30   Giant Intracranial AVMs 31   Treatment of Eloquent Cortex AVMs 32   Brain Stem and Posterior Fossa AVMs 33   Corpus Collosal and Peri-Ventricular AVMs 34   AVMs of the Sylvian Fissure 35   Pediatric AVMs 36   Residual AVMs 37   Intraoperative AVM Rupture 38   The Value of a Registry 39   Imaging Predictors for Rupture 40   Radiosurgical Innovations 41   Molecular Biology and Novel Treatments of Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations 42   Surgical Innovations iv. index and other frontmatter