Short occipital circulation time derived from quantitative digital subtraction angiography is associated with headache risk in patients with unruptured brain arteriovenous malformations

Brain arteriovenous malformations (BAVMs) are abnormal artery–vein connections that are formed through a nidus, without interposing capillaries. A study involving 3299 patients with BAVMs reported that the most common initial presentation was hemorrhage (58 %), followed by seizures (21 %), chronic headache (15 %), and focal neurological deficits (5 %); in some cases, incidental findings led to the diagnosis of BAVMs (1 %).[1] BAVMs are treated using multimodal approaches, such as microsurgery, e…

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