Arteriovenous Anastomosis:

Terms Related to Arteriovenous Anastomosis

• Arteriovenous Malformation

  Abnormal, tangled collections of dilated blood vessels that result from congenitally malformed vascular structures in which arterial afferents flow directly into venous efferents without the ...

• Roux-en-Y Anastomosis

  A Y-shaped surgical anastomosis of any part of the digestive system which includes the small intestine as the eventual drainage site.

• Glomangioma

  A blue-red, extremely painful paraganglioma involving a glomeriform arteriovenous anastomosis (glomus body), which may be found anywhere in the skin, most often in the distal ...

• Embolotherapy

  A method of hemostasis utilizing various agents such as Gelfoam, silastic, metal, glass, or plastic pellets, autologous clot, fat, and muscle as emboli. It has ...

• Arteriovenous Fistula

  An abnormal communication between an artery and a vein.