Echocardiographic Evidence of Innate Aortopathy in the Human Intracranial Aneurysm

Yong-Won Shin, Keun-Hwa Jung, Jeong-Min Kim, Young Dae Cho, Soon-Tae Lee, Kon Chu, Manho Kim, Sang Kun Lee, Moon Hee Han and Jae-Kyu Roh

PLOS ONE, 2014, vol. 9, issue 6, 1-7

Abstract: Background: Intracranial aneurysm (IA) is significantly more prevalent in patients with coarctation of the aorta or bicuspid aortic valve than in the general population, suggesting a common pathophysiology connecting IA and aortopathy. Here, we analyzed echocardiographic aortic root dimension (ARD) in patients with IA to confirm this possibility. Methods: From January 2008 to December 2010, 260 consecutive patients with IA who were admitted to our institution for coil embolization or for acute stroke management and who also underwent echocardiography were enrolled. We hypothesized that patients with large, ruptured, or multiple IAs are more likely to harbor co-prevalent aortopathy as measured by ARD compared to patients with small, isolated, unruptured IAs. Eccentric group was defined as patients aged

Date: 2014
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