What do patients with cerebral aneurysms know about their condition?

Neurosurgery

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 824-829

  King Jr , Joseph T ^a,b   Horowitz, Michael B ^c   Bissonette, David J ^c   Tsevat, Joel ^d   Roberts, Mark S ^c  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysms; Decision making; Embolization; Outcomes; Surgery; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; AWARENESS; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DECISION MAKING; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33646833421     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000209610.25882.54     Document Type: Article

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