Spinal angiography has historically been associated with a high risk of complications, but up-to-date safety reports are lacking. A recent retrospective review found a low complication rate of ...

Medical imaging experts have reviewed the patient records of 302 men and women who had a much-needed X-ray of the blood vessels near the spinal cord and found that the procedure, often feared for ...

Vertebral Basilar Angiogram. (Left) lateral view; (Right) AP view. This study was performed by injecting contrast into the right vertebra artery, which is well opacified. There is also some retrograde ...

Spinal Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM): Cerebral Angiogram, left vertebral injection, lateral view. A large arteriovenous malformation can be seen arising from the vertebral artery (arterial feeders ...

Spinal dural arteriovenous fistulae (sdAVF) are rare lesions. Patients typically present with slowly progressive myelopathy that is often mistaken for degenerative cervical or lumbar stenosis. On ...

Case 1. C.A. (S.E.H. No. 66–15874), a 49-year-old man, had syncopal episodes for 3 years occurring about once a week during the past year. The attacks were precipitated by driving a bus. Syncope was ...