Association of a younger age with an increased risk of angiographic and symptomatic vasospasms following subarachnoid hemorrhage

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1208-1215

  Magge, Suresh N ^a,d   Chen, H Isaac ^a   Ramakrishna, Rohan ^a   Cen, Liyi ^a   Chen, Zhen ^a   Elliott, J Paul ^b   Winn, H Richard ^c   Le Roux, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Colorado Neurological Institute   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Aneurysm; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Vasospasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHIC VASOSPASM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEATH; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MORBIDITY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYMPTOMATIC VASOSPASM; VASOSPASM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; VASOSPASM, INTRACRANIAL;

EID: 77953506528     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.9.JNS081670     Document Type: Article

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