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Intracranial Aneurysms and Vasospasm: Evidence-Based Diagnosis and Treatment

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Evidence-Based Neuroimaging Diagnosis and Treatment

Part of the book series: Evidence-Based Imaging ((Evidence-Based Imag.))

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An aneurysm is an abnormal dilatation of an artery that can be saccular or fusiform in shape. Although the pathophysiology of cerebral aneurysm formation is incompletely understood, aneurysm formation is thought to be the result of a complex cascade involving hemodynamic stress, abnormal vascular remodeling, and inflammation [1, 2]. Risk factors for aneurysms include a personal or family history of aneurysms and/or subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, type IV Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Marfan syndrome, fibromuscular dysplasia, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, the presence of an arteriovenous malformation, abdominal aortic aneurysms, atherosclerosis, and sickle cell disease. Risk factors for subarachnoid hemorrhage include family history, cigarette smoking, hypertension, alcohol consumption (>2 drinks per day), non-white ethnicity, cocaine use, and/or the use of sympathomimetic drugs [3, 4].

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Weill Cornell Medical College/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, 10021, USA

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  2. Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA

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  1. Division of Neuroradiology-Neuroimaging, Department of Radiology, Miami Children’s Hospital, Miami, FL, USA

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  2. Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA

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  4. Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medical College/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA

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Greenberg, E.D., Fink, K.R., Gobin, Y.P. (2013). Intracranial Aneurysms and Vasospasm: Evidence-Based Diagnosis and Treatment. In: Medina, L.S., Sanelli, P.C., Jarvik, J.G. (eds) Evidence-Based Neuroimaging Diagnosis and Treatment. Evidence-Based Imaging. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3320-0_15

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