Table 3

Dural arteriovenous shunt classifications

Borden (1995)1
Direct sinus drainage
2
Sinus drainage+CVR
3
CVR only
 
Cognard (1995)1
Antegrade sinus drainage
23
CVR only
4
CVR+venous ectasia
5
Spinal perimedullary drainage
2a
Retrograde sinus drainage
2b
Antegrade sinus drainage+CVR
2a+b
Retrograde sinus drainage+CVR
Zipfel (2009)1
Dural sinus drainage
2
Dural sinus drainage+CVR*
3
CVR* only
 
2+Asympt2+Sympt3+Asympt3+Sympt
Baltsavias (2014) D-E-S: Borden 3/Cognard 3 or 4, D-E-nS: Borden 3/Cognard 3, D-nE-S: Borden 2/Cognard 2b
D-nE-nS: Borden 2/Cognard 2b, nD-E-S: Borden 3/Cognard 4, nD-E-nS: Borden 3/Cognard 2b or 3
nD-nE-S: Borden 2/Cognard 2b or 2a+b, nD-nE-nS: Borden 2/Cognard 2b or 2a+b
SNIS S&G (2015)1
No CVR
2
CVR
 
1a
Asympt
1b
Sympt
2a
Asympt
2b
Sympt
  • Asympt, asymptomatic presentation; CVR, cortical venous reflux; CVR*, original description was cortical venous drainage; D-E-S system, D (directness of leptomeningeal venous drainage), E (exclusivity of leptomeningeal venous drainage) and S (venous strain); n (non or no); SNIS S&G: Society of Neurointerventional Surgery Standard and Guideline Committee; Sympt, symptomatic presentation.