Factors affecting formation and rupture of intracranial saccular aneurysms

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-14

  Bacigaluppi, S ^a   Piccinelli, M ^b   Antiga, L ^c   Veneziani, A ^b   Passerini, T ^b   Rampini, P ^d   Zavanone, M ^d   Severi, P ^e   Tredici, G ^f   Zona, G ^a   Krings, T ^g   Boccardi, E ^h   Penco, S ^h   Fontanella, M ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MARIO NEGRI INST PHARMACOL RES   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e Division of Neurosurgery   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computational; Endothelium; Formation; Geometry; Hemodynamics; Intracranial aneurysm; Molecular; Pathophysiology; Rupture

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; ELASTIN; FIBRILLIN 1; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE;

BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CONGENITAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEMODYNAMICS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; UNRUPTURED INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; ENVIRONMENT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84891872247     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: 14372320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-013-0501-y     Document Type: Review

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