Patients with small, asymptomatic, unruptured intracranial aneurysms and no history of subarachnoid hemorrhage should be treated conservatively: Against

Stroke

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 410-411

  Weir, Bryce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12844271065     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000152272.34969.80     Document Type: Review

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3. Weir B. Unruptured intracranial aneurysms: a review. J Neurosurg. 2002;96:3-42.