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The Dural AV-Fistula (DAVF), the Most Frequent Acquired Vascular Malformation of the Central Nervous System (CNS)

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Acquired arteriovenous malformations, such as is the case with dural arteriovenous fistulae (DAVF), are the consequence of a pathological new arterial ingrowth into venous spaces that reaches directly the venous lumen, without interposition of a capillary network, thereby creating an AV-shunt.

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  1. Center of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Klinik Hirslanden, Witellikerstrasse 40, 8032, Zürich, Switzerland

    I. Wanke & D.A. Rüfenacht

  2. Chair of Interventional Neuroradiology, Dep. of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45147, Essen, Germany

    I. Wanke

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Wanke, I., Rüfenacht, D. The Dural AV-Fistula (DAVF), the Most Frequent Acquired Vascular Malformation of the Central Nervous System (CNS). Clin Neuroradiol 25 (Suppl 2), 325–332 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-015-0449-0

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