11. The glomus body consists of an arteriovenous shunt surrounded by a capsule of connective tissue. 12. Patterson was diagnosed with cerebral arteriovenous malformation. 13. It is a type of arteriovenous fistula. 14. A bruit ( unusual blood sounds ) may be heard overlying the spinal arteriovenous malformation. 15. Death can result from high-output cardiac failure as a result of arteriovenous shunting. 16. At Tufts-New England Medical Center he developed the Borden Classification of Dural Arteriovenous Fistulas. 17. He reported this first in 1948, where he used such an arteriovenous shunt in rabbits. 18. Malformations in arteriovenous connections and irregular functions in the veins may be distinguished by fluorescein angiographies. 19. In the lungs, pulmonary arteriovenous malformations have no symptoms in up to 29 % of cases. 20. An SPN can be found to be an arteriovenous malformation, a hematoma or an infarction zone.
