Bottleneck factor and height-width ratio: Association with ruptured aneurysms in patients with multiple cerebral aneurysms

Neurosurgery

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 716-722

  Hoh, Brian L ^a   Sistrom, Christopher L ^a   Firment, Christopher S ^a   Fautheree, Gregory L ^a   Velat, Gregory J ^a   Whiting, Jobyna H ^a   Reavey Cantwell, John F ^a   Lewis, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysm; Computed tomography; Risk factors; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 35948951166     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000298899.77097.BF     Document Type: Article

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