Suggested connections between risk factors of intracranial aneurysms: A review

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1366-1383

  Cebral, Juan R ^a   Raschi, Marcelo ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral aneurysm; Mechanisms; Risk factors; Rupture

Indexed keywords

CEREBRAL ANEURYSMS; DIFFERENT RISK FACTORS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSMS; NATURAL HISTORY; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE;

BIOMECHANICS; MECHANISMS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

LOADING;

ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84879420247     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-012-0723-0     Document Type: Review

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