Differences in simple morphological variables in ruptured and unruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysms

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 913-919

  Lin, Ning ^a,b   Ho, Allen ^b   Gross, Bradley A ^a,b   Pieper, Steven ^a,d   Frerichs, Kai U ^a,b   Day, Arthur L ^c   Du, Rose ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d Isomics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Cerebral flow dynamics; Epidemiology; Morphological parameter; Subarachnoid hemorrhage; Unruptured intracranial aneurysm; Vascular disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY ANEURYSM; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNRUPTURED INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84868353812     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.7.JNS111766     Document Type: Article

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