Yield of angiographic examinations in isolated intraventricular hemorrhage: A case series and systematic review of the literature.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is unknown which patients with non-traumatic isolated intraventricular hemorrhage should undergo angiographic imaging to detect an underlying macrovascular cause and which modality has the highest yield. We studied yield of angiographic examinations in patients with isolated intraventricular hemorrhage.

Methods

We reviewed medical records of patients with intraventricular hemorrhage admitted to the University Medical Center Utrecht between 2002 and 2012. We searched PubMed and Embase for studies on angiographic examinations in intraventricular hemorrhage until January 2014. We calculated yield of angiographic imaging and investigated influence of age, hypertension and anticoagulant use with meta-regression analysis.

Results

We identified 39 patients of w

SUBMITTER: Hilkens NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6453154 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature