Intracranial arterial fenestrations: Frequency on CT angiography and association with other vascular lesions

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 397-401

  Bharatha, Aditya ^a   Aviv, Richard I ^a   White, Jeremy ^a   Fox, Allan J ^a   Symons, Sean P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anatomic variation; Angiography; Brain arteries; Computed tomography; Fenestration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CEREBROVASCULAR FENESTRATION; CEREBROVASCULAR MALFORMATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INJURY SEVERITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VASCULAR LESION;

ARTERIES; BRAIN; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 45449085641     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-008-0340-7     Document Type: Article

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