Risk Factors for Growth of Intracranial Aneurysms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Brinjikji W Yueqi Zhu Giuseppe Lanzino Harry J Cloft Mohammad Hassan Murad Zhen Wang David F Kallmes

Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2015)

Observational evidence provided multiple clinical and anatomic risk factors for aneurysm growth, including age older than 50 years, female sex, smoking history, and nonsaccular shape. These findings should be considered when counseling patients regarding the natural history of unruptured intracranial aneurysms.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
smoking cessation
prognostic factors
cross sectional
middle cerebral artery
patient reported outcomes