Female sex as a risk factor for the growth of asymptomatic unruptured cerebral saccular aneurysms in elderly patients: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 599-604

  Kubo, Yoshitaka ^a   Koji, Takahiro ^a   Kashimura, Hiroshi ^a   Otawara, Yasunari ^a   Ogawa, Akira ^a   Ogasawara, Kuniaki ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Female; Growth; Unruptured intracranial aneurysm; Vascular disorders

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MORPHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; UNRUPTURED INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM;

ACA = ANTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; ACOA = ANTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; CTA = CT ANGIOGRAPHY; ELDERLY; FEMALE; GROWTH; HICH = HYPERTENSIVE INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; ICA = INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MCA = MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MRA = MR ANGIOGRAPHY; PCOA = POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; SAH = SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; UIA = UNRUPTURED INTRACRANIAL SACCULAR ANEURYSM; UNRUPTURED INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; VASCULAR DISORDERS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84907371596     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.5.JNS132048     Document Type: Article

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