Relationship of growth to aneurysm rupture in asymptomatic aneurysms ≤ 7 mm: A systematic analysis of the literature

Neurosurgery

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1164-1171

  Chmayssani, Mohamad ^a   Rebeiz, Jean G ^b   Rebeiz, Tania J ^b   Batjer, H Hunt ^c   Bendok, Bernard R ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm growth; Aneurysm rupture; Small aneurysms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM GROWTH; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PATHOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79955045968     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31820edbd3     Document Type: Article

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