Incremental contribution of size ratio as a discriminant for rupture status in cerebral aneurysms: Comparison with size, height, and vessel diameter

Neurosurgery

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 944-951

  Lauric, Alexandra ^a   Baharoglu, Merih I ^a   Gao, Bu Lang ^a   Malek, Adel M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracranial aneurysm; Morphology; Rupture risk; Size ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM SIZE RATIO; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; AREA UNDER CURVE; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; PROGNOSIS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84858754028     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e31823bcda7     Document Type: Article

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