A new, more accurate classification of middle cerebral artery aneurysms: Computed tomography angiographic study of 1009 consecutive cases with 1309 middle cerebral artery aneurysms

Neurosurgery

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 94-102

  Elsharkawy, Ahmed ^a,b   Lehečka, Martin ^a   Niemelä, Mika ^a   Billon Grand, Romain ^a,c   Lehto, Hanna ^a   Kivisaari, Riku ^a   Hernesniemi, Juha ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

Author keywords

4 group classification; Aneurysm; Angioarchitecture; Classification; CTA; Early cortical branch; Middle cerebral artery bifurcation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CAROTID ARTERY BIFURCATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BRANCH ANEURYSM; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENTICULOSTRIATE ARTERY ANEURYSM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANATOMIC LANDMARKS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880570431     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000429842.61213.d5     Document Type: Article

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