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Arteriovenous malformation

An abnormal tangle of arteries and veins in which the arteries feed directly into the veins without a normal intervening capillary bed.

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arteriovenous malformation

Neurology A potentially fatal congenital intracranial anomaly with large arteries feeding in a mass of communicating vessels which empty into large draining veins filled with 'arterialized' blood; large AVMs produce a shunt large enough to ↑ cardiac output Location Brain, medulla, spinal cord Clinical Headaches, seizures, subarachnoid hemorrhage Imaging CT, MRI, endovascular angiography ASAP

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arteriovenous malformation (redirected from Peripheral arteriovenous malformation)

arteriovenous malformation
(redirected from Peripheral arteriovenous malformation)