"Arteriovenous Fistulas: Diagnosis and Management" ed. by Stavropoula I. Tjoumakaris
InTeOpP | 2013 | ISBN: 9535111788 9789535111788 | 209 pages

This book takes complex subject matter and distills it to an easily understood, reproducible and enjoyable experience that will be welcomed by surgeons across subspecialties, including Neurological, Orthopaedic, Vascular, Trauma and General, as well as non-surgeons such as Neurologists and Critical Care Intensivists. Attendings, fellows, residents, medical students or anyone interested in sharpening their diagnostic and therapeutic skill set will benefit from reading this text.

Arteriovenous fistulas are shunts between arteries and veins that can be found in many organs of the human body such as the brain, skin, eye and lung. These lesions can be symptomatic by causing ischemia, through the process of the steal phenomenon, or vascular congestion and subsequent hemorrhage, eg. intracerebral hemorrhage of a ruptured dural arteriovenous fistula. The etiology of these lesions is not fully understood, some are congenital and others are acquired. On the other hand, iatrogenic arteriovenous fistulas, such as in hemodialysis patients, can be a life-saving procedure.
This book provides a clear and concise review of the diagnosis and management of arteriovenous fistulas throughout the human body. It could be a great resource to medical students, residents, fellows, professors and researchers in the field.

Contents
Preface
Section 1 Intracranial Arteriovenous Fistula
1 Endovascular Management of Dura I Arteriovenous Malformations
2 Percutaneous Transvenous Embolization of Intracranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas with Detachable Coils and/or in Combination with Onyx
Section 2 Spinal Arteriovenous Fistula
3 Spinal Arteriovenous Lesions
4 Spinal Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas — Treatable Cause of Myelopathy
5 Spinal Arteriovenous Fistulas and Arteriovenous Malformations - Complicated Vasculature and Surgical Imaging
6 Spinal Arteriovenous Fistulas
Section 3 Systemic Arteriovenous Fistula
7 Pulmonary and Other Non-Neurological Vascular Malformations: Diagnosis and Endovascular Treatment
8 Ultrasound Guided Non Surgical Closure of Post Angiographic Femoral Arteriovenous Fistula (AVF) and Pseudoaneurysm (PSA)
9 Role of Collateral Vein Occlusion in Autologous Dysfunctional Hemodialysis Fistulas
Section 4 Traumatic Arteriovenous Fistula
10 Traumatic Arteriovenous Fistula
11 Traumatic Middle Meningeal Artery and Fistula Formation with the Cavernous Sinus and a Review of the Literature on Endovascular Management of Traumatic Carotid Cavernous Fistulas
Section 5 Iatrogenic Arteriovenous Fistula
12 Arterialized Venous Flaps in Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery