CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago scientists are seeking patients with a condition similar to brain aneurysms for research to determine the best treatments.
The condition is called AVM and involves abnormal tangles of brain arteries and nerves.
Surgery to remove the tangles is among conventional treatments to keep AVMs from bleeding and causing brain damage. But there's some evidence that those risks are lower than thought when the AVMs haven't ruptured, and some advocate a watchful approach.
The study at Rush University Medical Center is part of an international effort that is randomly assigning patients to receive invasive or more hands-off treatment.
To be eligible, patients must have AVMs that haven't bled. They will be followed for several years.
(For more information call Rush at 312-563-2817.)
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