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Review
. 2015 Oct;36(10):1796-802.
doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A4310. Epub 2015 Apr 30.

Intracranial Aneurysms: Wall Motion Analysis for Prediction of Rupture

A E Vanrossomme  1 , O F Eker  2 , J-P Thiran  3 , G P Courbebaisse  4 , K Zouaoui Boudjeltia  5
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Review

Intracranial Aneurysms: Wall Motion Analysis for Prediction of Rupture

A E Vanrossomme et al. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2015 Oct.

Abstract

Intracranial aneurysms are a common pathologic condition with a potential severe complication: rupture. Effective treatment options exist, neurosurgical clipping and endovascular techniques, but guidelines for treatment are unclear and focus mainly on patient age, aneurysm size, and localization. New criteria to define the risk of rupture are needed to refine these guidelines. One potential candidate is aneurysm wall motion, known to be associated with rupture but difficult to detect and quantify. We review what is known about the association between aneurysm wall motion and rupture, which structural changes may explain wall motion patterns, and available imaging techniques able to analyze wall motion.

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