Key Takeaways
- 5–10% of people with aneurysms have multiple intracranial aneurysms
- 34% of Americans report having a first-degree relative with brain aneurysm
- Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage has an estimated incidence of 10–15 per 100,000 persons per year
- Endovascular coiling is associated with lower early risk of poor outcome compared with clipping in ISAT for patients with ruptured aneurysm presenting in good condition
- In ISAT, likelihood of death or dependency at 1 year was reduced with coiling (RR ~0.91) in the main analysis
- Retreatment after coiling was required in about 20% of patients by 10 years in ISAT long-term follow-up
- Aneurysm growth occurred in about 12% of unruptured aneurysms during follow-up in a pooled cohort synthesis
- Risk of rupture increases with aneurysm aspect ratio; in a meta-analysis, aspect ratio ≥1.6 was associated with higher rupture risk
- Aneurysm irregular shape is associated with higher rupture risk; in a systematic review, irregular morphology increased rupture odds
- In modern practice, DSA is the gold standard imaging for aneurysm characterization prior to intervention
- CT angiography (CTA) sensitivity for detecting intracranial aneurysms is about 90% or higher in many systematic reviews
- MR angiography (MRA) sensitivity for intracranial aneurysms is commonly reported around 80–90% depending on field strength and slice thickness
- 30% of intracranial aneurysms involve the posterior communicating artery (PCom) region in a large aneurysm distribution report, meaning nearly one-third occur at this classic posterior circulation site
- Hospital discharge mortality for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage is reported around 20% in nationwide observational datasets, meaning roughly 1 in 5 patients die during the index hospitalization
- Among patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage, delayed cerebral ischemia (DCI) occurs in roughly 20% to 30%, meaning a significant fraction develop secondary neurological injury after rupture
About 3% of adults have unruptured brain aneurysms, and rupture is rare but highly disabling and deadly.
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