Small versus Large Ruptured Intracranial Aneurysm: Concerns with the Site of Aneurysm

Background: Although size is one of the strongest predictors, small aneurysms often rupture. We compared the characteristics of small and large ruptured intracranial aneurysms (RIAs) according to their location to find the factors associated with small RIAs in each location. Methods: Patients with s...

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Veröffentlicht in:Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2017-04, Vol.43 (3-4), p.139-144
Hauptverfasser: Kim, Bum Joon, Kang, Hyun Goo, Kwun, Byeong-Duk, Ahn, Jae-sung, Lee, Jisung, Lee, Sung Ho, Kang, Dong-Wha, Kim, Jong S., Kwon, Sun U.
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Zusammenfassung:Background: Although size is one of the strongest predictors, small aneurysms often rupture. We compared the characteristics of small and large ruptured intracranial aneurysms (RIAs) according to their location to find the factors associated with small RIAs in each location. Methods: Patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage due to saccular RIAs were consecutively enrolled. The sizes were dichotomized as small (
ISSN:1015-9770
1421-9786
DOI:10.1159/000452347