How to Use arteriovenous in a Sentence

arteriovenous

adjective
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  • The patient had an arteriovenous malformation, a tangle of blood vessels that increases the risk of stroke.
    — Laura Helmuth, Scientific American, 10 May 2021
  • The man with factor IX levels of 280% was one of two participants to get the highest dosage and had a serious adverse event of arteriovenous fistula thrombosis, a type of blood clotting.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 22 July 2022
  • The Alabama native was found to have an arteriovenous malformation (AVM), an abnormal tangle of arteries and veins in the brain that disrupts normal blood flow.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2022
  • No one knew the congenital weak spot in Leveille’s brain, known as an AVM (arteriovenous malformation), was leaking blood and building pressure inside his skull.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2023
  • The cause was finally found after a CT scan revealed an arteriovenous malformation in his left temporal lobe.
    — Neuroskeptic, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2013
  • Here's how a 36-year-old actress finally got the right diagnosis and treatment for her arteriovenous malformation, or AVM.
    — Health.com, 24 Aug. 2017
  • The other one is an AVM, or arteriovenous malformation.
    — Deborah Netburn, latimes.com, 14 May 2018
  • The rare condition, an arteriovenous malformation, causes blood vessels in the brain to form abnormally, leaving them vulnerable to tears that can cause the brain or spine to hemorrhage, according to Mayo Clinic.
    — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Kemm lost the use of her left hand after undergoing radiation treatment for a brain arteriovenous malformation (AVM), a rare condition in which there is a tangle of abnormal blood vessels connecting arteries in the brain.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 30 July 2020
  • During his sophomore season Ball was diagnosed with a rare congenital condition known as arteriovenous malformation (AVM), where the brain’s blood vessels get tangled and rupture.
    — Jonathan Jones, SI.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • The page stated the boy was fighting a severe case of arteriovenous malformation, an abnormal connection between arteries and veins that bypasses the capillary system.
    — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Ultimately, she was diagnosed with brain arteriovenous malformation, (AVM), a condition with which she was born.
    — Carol Robinson, AL.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Ball was first diagnosed with an arteriovenous malformation - a congenital condition that can cause blood vessels in the brain to rupture - as a student-athlete at University of Florida.
    — Matt Kawahara, SFChronicle.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Doctors diagnosed him with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, leading him to receive electroshock therapy, before he was treated for an arteriovenous malformation in his brain.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Tests conducted by the Mayo Clinic in Rochester determined Harris had a congenital condition known as brain arteriovenous malformation.
    — Chris Tomasson, Twin Cities, 4 Aug. 2019
  • Matt had something called arteriovenous malformation, or AVM.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 6 July 2018
  • She was later diagnosed with arteriovenous malformation (AVM) at a local hospital, Ritter said.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Stratman had a previously undiagnosed condition involving an AVM (arteriovenous malformation).
    — Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 2 July 2018

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