Pressure cooker technique in cerebral AVMs and DAVFs: different treatment strategies.

Anna Maria IerardiSophia HohenstattFerdinando CaranciCarolina LanzaSerena CarrieroDominik F VollherbstMarkus A MöhlenbruchGianpaolo CarrafielloAldo Paolucci

Published in: La Radiologia medica (2023)

The PCT is a safe and effective technique in the treatment of cerebral AVMs and DAVFs. Adding an easy and fast step to the procedure, namely the injection of contrast media to test the complete obstruction by the plug, the risk of reflux seems to additionally be reduced.

Keyphrases

subarachnoid hemorrhage
magnetic resonance
cerebral ischemia
magnetic resonance imaging
cerebral blood flow
contrast enhanced
blood brain barrier