True posterior communicating artery aneurysms: Are they more prone to rupture? A biomorphometric analysis: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 611-615

  He, Wenzhuan ^a   Hauptman, Jason ^b   Pasupuleti, Latha ^a   Setton, Avi ^c   Farrow, Maria G ^d   Kasper, Lydia ^a   Karimi, Reza ^a   Gandhi, Chirag D ^a   Catrambone, Jeffrey E ^a   Prestigiacomo, Charles J ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysm; Posterior communicating artery aneurysm; Subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77749254772     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.8.JNS08731     Document Type: Article

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