The most common causes of spontaneous SAH are rupture of a saccular (berry) aneurysm (80%) and rupture of an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) (10%). Aneurysm formation is also seen in the setting of ...

Background Flow diversion represents a novel but definitive treatment for recurrent and difficult-to-coil aneurysms of the anterior communicating artery (ACoA) region, of which reports are limited.

Introduction Reports of the limitations and feasibility of balloon remodeling for treatment of complex anterior communicating artery (ACoA) aneurysms are scarce. Methods Ninety-nine patients were ...

OBJECTIVE To determine: (1) patterns of cognitive and psychiatric dysfunction; (2) those neurobehavioural parameters which mostly influence disability in activities of daily living (ADL) and handicap ...

Figure 1 A) Volume-rendering CT angiography shows the type 2 persistent primitive proatlantal artery (PPPA2) arising from a large right external carotid artery (ECA) (black arrow) and a wide-necked ...

Bilateral infarction in the anterior cerebral artery vascular territory is rare and usually results from rupture of an aneurysm of the anterior communicating artery. In the case of an anomaly of the ...

ANEURYSMS of the coronary arteries are decidedly uncommon. They comprise congenital, mycoticembolic, syphilitic, polyarteritis-nodosa, arteriosclerotic and dissecting types. Of these, arteriosclero ...

Thus, the rate of rupture is directly related to the size of the aneurysm.. Aneurysms usually occur at arterial bifurcations and mostly arise from the anterior circulation of the Circle of Willis (85% ...

Owing to AAA, between January 1991 and June 2005, 1,784 consecutive patients in our department underwent surgery. Of this population, 506 (28.36%) patients suffered from RAAA. Forty-one cases of ...