Abstract
The correlation between intraoperative pressure levels measured in the feeding arteries and in the draining veins, and the risk of hemorrhage from arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) is discussed. Feeding artery pressure (FAP) was significantly higher in AVMs with hemorrhage (57 ± 11 mmHg) than in AVMs without hemorrhage (38 ± 4), and draining vein pressure (DVP) in the former (24 ± 5) was significantly higher than that in the latter (13 ± 5). FAP and DVP were inversely related to the number of draining veins and size of the AVMs. The present study suggests that a high FAP and a high DVP may contribute to the development of hemorrhage from AVMs, and supports previous reports that small AVMs and AVMs with only one draining vein are susceptible to hemorrhage.
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