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(Stroke. 2005;36:1753.)
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Original Contributions

New Detected Aneurysms on Follow-Up Screening in Patients With Previously Clipped Intracranial Aneurysms

Comparison With DSA or CTA at the Time of SAH

I.C. van der Schaaf, MD; B.K. Velthuis, MD; M.J.H. Wermer, MD; C. Majoie, MD; T. Witkamp, MD; G. de Kort, MD; N.J. Freling, MD; G.J.E. Rinkel, MD on behalf of the ASTRA Study Group^*

From the Departments of Radiology (I.C.v.d.S., B.K.V., T.W., G.d.K.) and Neurology (M.J.H.W., G.J.E.R.), University Medical Center Utrecht, and the Department of Radiology (C.M., N.J.F.), Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Correspondence to Irene C. van der Schaaf, Department of Radiology E01.132, University Medical Center Utrecht, PO Box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands. E-mail i.vanderschaaf{at}rrr.azu.nl

Background and Purpose— Patients with a history of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage may have aneurysms on screening several years after the hemorrhage. For determining the benefits of follow-up screening, it is important to know whether these aneurysms have developed after the hemorrhage or are visible in retrospect, and if so, whether the size has increased.

Methods— Aneurysms were categorized into de novo aneurysms and aneurysms visible in retrospect (already present) with increased or stable size. We studied aneurysm characteristics for these 3 categories: the relation between aneurysm development or enlargement and duration of follow up and the relation between enlargement and initial size of the aneurysm.

Results— In 87 of 495 patients (17.6%), aneurysms were detected; for 51 of these patients with 62 aneurysms, the original catheter or computed tomographic angiogram was available for comparison. Of the 62 aneurysms, 19 were de novo and 43 were visible in retrospect, 10 with increased size and 33 with stable size. De novo aneurysms were mainly 5 mm (95%) and located at the middle cerebral artery (63%). For aneurysms visible in retrospect, the most frequent location was the posterior communicating artery (21%). There was no relation between the development of de novo aneurysms or enlargement and the duration of follow-up or between enlargement and the initial size of the aneurysm.

Conclusions— Of aneurysms detected at screening, one third were de novo and two thirds were missed at the time of the initial hemorrhage. One quarter of initially small aneurysms had enlarged during follow-up.

Key Words: aneurysm • angiography • computed tomography • subarachnoid hemorrhage

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