Journal
NEURORADIOLOGY
Volume 48, Issue 11, Pages 821-829Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-006-0131-y
Keywords
arteriovenous malformations; radiosurgery; magnetic resonance angiography; brain
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Introduction We investigated the role of magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) in the early follow-up of patients after stereotactic radiosurgery (STRS) for cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and determined the influence of individual morphological factors of AVMs in early response to treatment. Methods A group of 40 patients (41 AVMs) consented to a dedicated 1.5-T MR protocol 12 months after receiving STRS for a brain AVM. In addition to standard spin echo sequences, 3-D contrast-enhanced sliding interleaved Ky MRA (CE-SLINKY) and dynamic time-resolved subtraction angiography (MR-DSA) were performed. Nidal volumes were calculated using CE-SLINKY data in patients with a persisting arteriovenous shunt. Planning angiographic data was investigated in all 40 patients. The following AVM factors were used in the statistical analysis to determine their role in nidus obliteration: (1) maximum linear dimension, (2) nidal volume, (3) AVM location (4) nidal morphology, (5) venous drainage, (6) high-flow angiographic change, (7) prior embolization, and (8) dose reduction. Results Complete nidal obliteration was found in 9 patients, 26 showed greater than 50% nidal reduction and 6 had less than 50%. Two AVM factors, venous drainage and AVM location, were found to significantly correlate with rate of obliteration. Conclusion We successfully demonstrated the use of MRA to quantitatively assess the response of AVMs to STRS. Two AVM factors, venous drainage and AVM location were found to correlate with rate of obliteration prior to the application of the Bonferroni correction, but if this more rigorous statistical test was applied then none of the factors was found to be significant.
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