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Table 3 Distribution of the feeding arteries of MCA-BAVMs

From: Brain arteriovenous malformations of the middle cerebral artery region: image characteristics and endovascular treatment based on a new classification system

Feeding artery

Rate

BAVM classification

LSA

9.6% (13/135)

Type I

LSA + A1

0.7% (1/135)

LSA + M2

1.5% (2/135)

Type I and II

M2 + M3

4.4% (6/135)

Type II

M3

3% (4/135)

M3 + LSA

0.7% (1/135)

M3 + M4

5.9% (8/135)

Type II and IIIa

M4

37% (50/135)

Type IIIa

M4 + M3 + MMA

0.7% (1/135)

Type IIIb

M4 + M3 + PCA + MMA

1.5% (2/135)

M4 + AchA

1.5% (2/135)

M4 + ACA

5.2% (7/135)

M4 + ACA + LSA

4.4% (6/135)

M4 + ACA + LSA + PCA

0.7% (1/135)

M4 + ACA + MMA

2.2% (3/135)

M4 + ACA + PCA

1.5% (2/135)

M4 + MMA

0.7% (1/135)

M4 + PCA

17% (23/135)

M4 + PCA + MMA

1.5% (2/135)

  1. ACA anterior cerebral artery, AchA anterior choroidal artery, A1 first segment of the ACA, BAVM brain arteriovenous malformation, LSA lenticulostriate artery, MCA middle cerebral artery, M1-4 first-fourth segments of the MCA, MMA middle meningeal artery, PCA posterior cerebral artery