Diagnostic accuracy of CTA and MRI/MRA in the evaluation of the cortical venous reflux in the intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula DAVF.

Yen-Heng LinYu-Fen WangHon-Man LiuChung-Wei LeeYa-Fang ChenHong-Jen Hsieh

Published in: Neuroradiology (2017)

Both CTA and MRI/MRA have good diagnostic accuracy for detection of CVR in patients with intracranial DAVFs. There is modest evidence that CTA is better than MRI/MRA.

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