{"id":2786,"date":"2021-12-08T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusfoundation.org\/?post_type=sw_disease_condition&#038;p=2786"},"modified":"2025-12-19T15:30:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T19:30:59","slug":"arteriovenous-malformations-avms","status":"publish","type":"sw_disease_condition","link":"https:\/\/www.fusfoundation.org\/diseases-and-conditions\/arteriovenous-malformations-avms\/","title":{"rendered":"Arteriovenous Malformations (AVM&#8217;s)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Focused Ultrasound Therapy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Focused ultrasound is a noninvasive, therapeutic technology with the potential to improve the quality of life and decrease the cost of care for patients with arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). This novel technology focuses beams of ultrasound energy precisely and accurately on targets deep in the body without damaging surrounding normal tissue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How it Works<\/strong><br>The mechanism of action that is being studied is thermal ablation of the AVM, which has been done on the extremity of a patient. There is also some preclinical work looking at using a mechanical (non-thermal) ablation on the malformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advantages<\/strong><br>The primary options for treatment of AVMs includes surgery although some less invasive medicines or procedures can be chosen if the lesion is in a poor surgical location.\u202fFor certain patients, focused ultrasound could provide a noninvasive alternative to surgery with less risk of complications \u2013 such as like surgical wound healing or infection \u2013 at a lower cost. Focused ultrasound can reach the desired target without damaging surrounding tissue, and it can be repeated, if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-clinical-trials\">Clinical Trials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;There is a <a href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/study\/NCT06642051?term=NCT06642051&amp;rank=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>clinical trial<\/strong><\/a> using the Sonoblate system treating incompetent extremity veins in humans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Foundation updates these pages regularly, but with the increasing number of clinical trials, we want to be sure that our audience has the latest information available. Therefore, we also added the website search information for the above trials. If you click <a href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/search?cond=Arteriovenous%20Malformations&amp;term=focused%20ultrasound&amp;aggFilters=status:not%20rec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>, it will take you to the latest information available from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/<\/strong><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-find-a-treatment-site\">Find a Treatment Site<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fusfoundation.org\/the-technology\/treatment-sites\/?indication=Arteriovenous%20Malformations%20%28AVM%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Search for a treatment center or clinical trial near you.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-notable-papers\">Notable Papers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Huang S, Ye M, Xi X, Li W, Zhu X, Sun X.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/40654090\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>High intensity focused ultrasound serves as a salvage treatment for uterine arteriovenous fistula when uterine artery embolization fails and\u2002pregnancy\u2002outcomes: a case report and literature review<\/strong><\/a>. Int J Hyperthermia. 2025 Dec;42(1):2519347.\u00a0doi: 10.1080\/02656736.2025.2519347.\u00a0Epub\u00a02025 Jul 14. PMID: 40654090\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Li L, Wang T, Xu D. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/37419821\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>A case of high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy for uterine arteriovenous fistula<\/strong><\/a>. Asian J Surg. 2023 Jul 5:S1015-9584(23)00947-8. doi: 10.1016\/j.asjsur.2023.06.087. PMID: 37419821&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Calik J, Zawada T, Bove T.\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/34921489\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Treatment of superficial benign vascular tumors by high intensity focused ultrasound: Observations in two illustrative cases<\/strong><\/a>. J Cosmet Dermatol. 2022 Aug;21(8):3371-3379. doi: 10.1111\/jocd.14682. Epub 2021 Dec 17.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jones J, Bolding M, Ullman H, Kaneko N, Tateshima S.\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/34149602\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Focused Ultrasound Ablation of an Arteriovenous Malformation Model.\u202f<\/strong><\/a>Front Neurol. 2021 Jun 3;12:671380. doi: 10.3389\/fneur.2021.671380. eCollection 2021.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liu JL, Lin XL, Zhou H, Pan JH, Liu GH, Shuai HL, Xin-Luo.\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/31358399\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Ultrasound-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound as pretreatment before surgical excision for fertility-preserving management of uterine arteriovenous malformation.<\/strong><\/a>\u202fEur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2019 Jul 22. pii: S0301-2115(19)30357-4. doi: 10.1016\/j.ejogrb.2019.07.030.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=%28%22focused+ultrasound%22+OR+HIFU%29+and+%22AVM%22&amp;sort=date\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here<\/a> for additional references from PubMed.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":2,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"sw_disease_condition_cat":[5],"sw_disease_condition_stage":[20],"class_list":["post-2786","sw_disease_condition","type-sw_disease_condition","status-publish","hentry","sw_disease_condition_cat-cardiovascular"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - 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