Open AccessMR angiography and surgery for unruptured familial intracranial aneurysms in persons with a family history of cerebral aneurysms.
Author(s) -
B M Brown,
Fernando Alarcón Soldevilla
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
american journal of roentgenology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1546-3141
pISSN - 0361-803X
DOI - 10.2214/ajr.173.1.10397113
Subject(s) - medicine , family history , radiology , cerebral angiography , angiography , aneurysm , magnetic resonance angiography , surgery , magnetic resonance imaging
We used MR angiography to determine prevalence of unruptured familial intracranial aneurysms in a prepaid medical care program. We compared surgical outcomes and the cost of treating unruptured versus ruptured aneurysms. We compared the cost of MR angiography with the cost of screening mammography and with the cost of surgically treating a ruptured aneurysm.