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Research Letters

Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms

Incidence of Rupture and Risk Factors

Toshihiro Ishibashi, MD; Yuichi Murayama, MD; Mitsuyoshi Urashima, MD; Takayuki Saguchi, MD; Masaki Ebara, MD; Hideki Arakawa, MD; Koreaki Irie, MD; Hiroyuki Takao, MD Toshiaki Abe, MD

From the Division of Endovascular Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery (T.I., Y.M., T.S., M.E., H.A., K.I., H.T.), the Department of Neurosurgery (T.A.), and the Division of Clinical Research and Development (M.U.), The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.

Correspondence to Toshihiro Ishibashi, MD, Division of Endovascular Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Tokyo Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishi-shinbashi, Minato- Ku, Tokyo 105-8461 Japan. E-mail t-ishibashi{at}jikei.ac.jp

Backgrounds and Purpose— The authors evaluated the incidence of rupture of unruptured intracranial saccular aneurysm during observation.

Methods— Between January 2003 and December 2006, a total of 419 patients with 529 unruptured intracranial saccular aneurysms were observed without treatment. The mean follow-up duration was 905.3 days. Aneurysm size was measured by 3-dimensional CT angiography. Clinical and 3-dimensional CT angiography follow-up were obtained every 6 months.

Results— Nineteen aneurysms ruptured during observation resulting in a 1.4% rupture rate per year. A history of subarachnoid hemorrhage (hazard ratio, 7.3; 95% CI, 2.5 to 21.2), posterior circulation aneurysm (hazard ratio, 2.9; 95% CI, 1.1 to 8), and large size were significant independent predictors for aneurysm rupture.

Conclusions— Size, history of subarachnoid hemorrhage, and posterior circulation aneurysms were significant risk factors for prediction of rupture of unruptured intracranial saccular aneurysms.

Key Words: natural history • subarachnoid hemorrhage • unruptured intracranial aneurysm

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