Giant fusiform aneurysm of the basilar artery - Consideration of its pathogenesis

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 140-145

  Nakayama, Yoshiya ^a   Tanaka, Akira ^a   Kumate, Shigehiko ^a   Tomonaga, Masamichi ^a   Takebayashi, Shigeo ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Basilar artery; Fusiform aneurysm; Jet stream; Stagnant zone; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BASILAR ARTERY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; PONS ANGLE; SHEAR STRESS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; THROMBOSIS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

AGED; BASILAR ARTERY; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033082235     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(98)00050-0     Document Type: Article

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