Without intervention, a 70% reduction in strokes or death in patients with brain AVMs

(University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM)) For people with a brain arteriovenous malformation (AVM), a congenital vascular system defect, fate has a name: stroke. To avoid this risk, patients sometimes undergo interventions to remove the malformation. But is this very beneficial? Not necessarily. According to an international clinical trial, co-directed by researchers from the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), interventional treatment--by neurosurgery, neuroradiology or radiation therapy--could be more dangerous than the disease itself.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news