Modern methods of endovascular approach to cerebral arteriovenous malformations

Abstract

The article is a review of major historical events in the development of the methods of endovascular approach of arteriovenous malformations (AVM) starting with the first cerebral angiography performed on a dog in 1926, Serbinenko’s embolization techniques of cerebral vascular lesions using detachable balloons in 1974, ending with January 1991 when the first embolization with GDC (Guglielmi detachable coils) was done on a brain aneurysm. It’s considered that there are approximately 1,100 patients diagnosed with cerebral arteriovenous malformation treated with GDC each month.