National reduction in cerebral arteriovenous malformation treatment correlated with increased rupture incidence.

Evan M LutherDavid J McCarthyJoshua BurksVaidya GovindarajanVictor M LuMichael SilvaMichael LangBradley A GrossRobert M Starke

Published in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2022)

After 2014, the likelihood of intervention for unruptured AVMs decreased while the incidence of ruptured AVMs increased. These findings suggest that fewer unruptured AVM treatments may lead to increases in AVM rupture incidence.

Keyphrases

risk factors
subarachnoid hemorrhage
randomized controlled trial
middle cerebral artery
internal carotid artery
brain injury
cerebral ischemia