Age and outcome after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: Why do older patients fare worse?

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 410-418

  Lanzino, Giuseppe ^a   Kassell, Neal F ^b   Germanson, Teresa P ^b   Kongable, Gail L ^b   Truskowski, Laura L ^b   Torner, James C ^b   Jane, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

age; cerebral vasospasm; intracranial aneurysm; prognosis; subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN VASOSPASM; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

EID: 0029801199     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.85.3.0410     Document Type: Article

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