Open AccessThe impact of hypertension and nicotine on the size of ruptured intracranial aneurysms
Author(s) -
Nima Etminan,
Kerim Beseoglu,
Hans Jakob Steiger,
Daniel Hänggi
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of neurology neurosurgery and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.391
H-Index - 206
eISSN - 1468-330X
pISSN - 0022-3050
DOI - 10.1136/jnnp.2009.199661
Subject(s) - medicine , aneurysm , subarachnoid hemorrhage , odds ratio , cardiology , cigarette smoking , digital subtraction angiography , radiology , angiography
The goal of the study was to analyse retrospectively the impact of risk factors for subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) on the size of ruptured intracranial aneurysms in order to identify variables that might influence the discrepancy between average sizes of ruptured and unruptured aneurysms.
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