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Practice Guideline
. 2015 Aug;46(8):2368-400.
doi: 10.1161/STR.0000000000000070. Epub 2015 Jun 18.

Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms: A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

B Gregory Thompson, Robert D Brown Jr, Sepideh Amin-Hanjani, Joseph P Broderick, Kevin M Cockroft, E Sander Connolly Jr, Gary R Duckwiler, Catherine C Harris, Virginia J Howard, S Claiborne Clay Johnston, Philip M Meyers, Andrew Molyneux, Christopher S Ogilvy, Andrew J Ringer, James Torner; American Heart Association Stroke Council, Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing, and Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; American Heart Association; American Stroke Association
Practice Guideline

Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms: A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

B Gregory Thompson et al. Stroke. 2015 Aug.

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this updated statement is to provide comprehensive and evidence-based recommendations for management of patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysms.

Methods: Writing group members used systematic literature reviews from January 1977 up to June 2014. They also reviewed contemporary published evidence-based guidelines, personal files, and published expert opinion to summarize existing evidence, indicate gaps in current knowledge, and when appropriate, formulated recommendations using standard American Heart Association criteria. The guideline underwent extensive peer review, including review by the Stroke Council Leadership and Stroke Scientific Statement Oversight Committees, before consideration and approval by the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee.

Results: Evidence-based guidelines are presented for the care of patients presenting with unruptured intracranial aneurysms. The guidelines address presentation, natural history, epidemiology, risk factors, screening, diagnosis, imaging and outcomes from surgical and endovascular treatment.

Keywords: AHA Scientific Statements; cerebral aneurysm; epidemiology; imaging; natural history; outcome; risk factors; treatment.

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