Incidence and risk factors for the growth of unruptured cerebral aneurysms: Observation using serial computerized tomography angiography

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 908-914

  Matsubara, Shunji ^a   Hadeishi, Hiromu ^a   Suzuki, Akifumi ^a   Yasui, Nobuyuki ^a   Nishimura, Hiromi ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN AND BLOOD VESSELS AKITA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography angiography; Growth; Natural history; Unruptured intracranial aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BLEEDING; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RUPTURE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ADULT; AGED; BASILAR ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

EID: 16544388284     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.101.6.0908     Document Type: Article

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