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Controversy: Clipping of Asymptomatic Intracranial Aneurysm That is <7 mm

Author(s) -

Robert D. Brown

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.111.000381

Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , aneurysm , clipping (morphology) , radiology , surgery , linguistics , philosophy

Unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs) constitute a significant public health problem in the United States, with 2% of the population being affected, and it is a growing concern given the increasing frequency of detection on noninvasive brain imaging. Available natural history data suggest that key risk factors for hemorrhage among patients with UIAs include aneurysm size, location, and potentially presence of a daughter sac, and Japanese or Finnish race/ethnicity. In addition, there are some data that suggest a family history …

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