A novel predictor of ischemic complications in the treatment of ruptured middle cerebral artery aneurysms: Neck-branching angle.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The risk factors of procedural cerebral ischemia (CI) in ruptured middle cerebral artery (MCA) aneurysms are unclear. This study proposed the neck-branching angle (NBA), a simple quantitative indicator of the aneurysm neck and branch vessels, and analyzed its usefulness as a predictor of procedural CI in ruptured MCA aneurysms.

Methods

We retrospectively analyzed 128 patients with ruptured saccular MCA aneurysms who underwent surgical or endovascular treatment between January 2014 and June 2021. We defined the NBA as the angle formed by the MCA aneurysm neck and M2 superior or inferior branch vessel line. The superior and inferior NBA were measured on admission via three-dimensional computed tomography angiography on admission. We divided the patients into clipping

SUBMITTER: Takenaka T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10998237 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature