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. 2016 Aug 10;5(8):e003936.
doi: 10.1161/JAHA.116.003936.

Evidence That a Subset of Aneurysms Less Than 7 mm Warrant Treatment

Mario Zanaty  1 , Badih Daou  2 , Nohra Chalouhi  2 , Robert M Starke  3 , Pascal Jabbour  2 , David Hasan  4
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Evidence That a Subset of Aneurysms Less Than 7 mm Warrant Treatment

Mario Zanaty et al. J Am Heart Assoc. .
No abstract available

Keywords: clipping; coiling; incidental cerebral aneurysm; small aneurysms; subarachnoid hemorrhage; unruptured cerebral aneurysms.

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Figure 1
Early versus late uptake. Twenty‐five aneurysms were imaged to compare early (24 hours) vs late (72 hours) or no uptake. Seven of the 25 aneurysms demonstrated early uptake. Of these 7 aneurysms, 4 were clipped and 3 were observed. All 3 observed aneurysms progressed to rupture, including a <7‐mm aneurysm. On the other hand, 18 of the 25 aneurysms did not show early uptake. Of these, 9 were clipped and 9 were observed. None of the observed progressed to rupture, including a giant aneurysm (The authors elected not to treat the aneurysm due to the patient's age and morbidity).
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