Stroke Risk Reduced If Brain Blood Vessel Disorder Arteriovenous Malformation Is Left Alone

Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 10:50 in Health & Medicine

Treating patients who suffer from a common condition known as arteriovenous malformation (AVM), which causes blood vessels in the brain to tangle, increases their risk of stroke, a study has found. People rteriovenous malformation have a better outcome if doctors treat their symptoms only and not the AVM, according to the team of doctors looked at the long-term outcome of patients with the condition, which is caused by abnormal connections between the arteries and veins in the brain.  read more

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