Open AccessEvidence That a Subset of Aneurysms Less Than 7 mm Warrant Treatment
Author(s) -
Zanaty Mario,
Daou Badih,
Chalouhi Nohra,
Starke Robert M.,
Jabbour Pascal,
Hasan David
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of the american heart association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.494
H-Index - 85
ISSN - 2047-9980
DOI - 10.1161/jaha.116.003936
Subject(s) - medicine , warrant , neurosurgery , general surgery , pascal (unit) , surgery , physics , quantum mechanics , financial economics , economics
The management of unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UAs) has been a very controversial topic in neurosurgery. There is no clear consensus at present as to when a small UA should be treated and when it should be observed. The magnitude of this problem is increasing with advances in imaging, its