M Vella, M D Alexander, M C Mabray, D L Cooke, M R Amans, C M Glastonbury, H Kim, M W Wilson, D E Langston, M B Conrad, S W Hetts
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) have a high prevalence of brain vascular malformations, putting them at risk for brain hemorrhage and other complications. Our aim was to evaluate the relative utility of MR imaging and MRA compared with DSA in detecting cerebral AVMs in the HHT population. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Of 343 consecutive patients evaluated at the University of California, San Francisco HTT Center of Excellence, 63 met the study inclusion criteria: definite or probable hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia defined by meeting at least 2 Curacao criteria or positive genetic testing, as well as having at least 1 brain MR imaging and 1 DSA...
June 2020: AJNR. American Journal of Neuroradiology