Imaging Modalities for Intracranial Aneurysm: More Than Meets the Eye
Intracranial aneurysms (IA) are often asymptomatic and have a prevalence of 3 to 5% in the adult population. The risk of IA rupture is low, however when it occurs half of the patients dies from subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). To avoid this fatal evolution, the main treatment is an invasive surgical p...
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| author | Clémence Maupu Héloïse Lebas Yacine Boulaftali |
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| description | Intracranial aneurysms (IA) are often asymptomatic and have a prevalence of 3 to 5% in the adult population. The risk of IA rupture is low, however when it occurs half of the patients dies from subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). To avoid this fatal evolution, the main treatment is an invasive surgical procedure, which is considered to be at high risk of rupture. This risk score of IA rupture is evaluated mainly according to its size and location. Therefore, angiography and anatomic imaging of the intracranial aneurysm are crucial for its diagnosis. Moreover, it has become obvious in recent years that several other factors are implied in this complication, such as the blood flow complexity or inflammation. These recent findings lead to the development of new IA imaging tools such as vessel wall imaging, 4D-MRI, or molecular MRI to visualize inflammation at the site of IA in human and animal models. In this review, we will summarize IA imaging techniques used for the patients and those currently in development. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9ba67a1d0f414850b05bbe1f286ccfac2022-12-21T23:44:53ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine2297-055X2022-02-01910.3389/fcvm.2022.793072793072Imaging Modalities for Intracranial Aneurysm: More Than Meets the EyeClémence MaupuHéloïse LebasYacine BoulaftaliIntracranial aneurysms (IA) are often asymptomatic and have a prevalence of 3 to 5% in the adult population. The risk of IA rupture is low, however when it occurs half of the patients dies from subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). To avoid this fatal evolution, the main treatment is an invasive surgical procedure, which is considered to be at high risk of rupture. This risk score of IA rupture is evaluated mainly according to its size and location. Therefore, angiography and anatomic imaging of the intracranial aneurysm are crucial for its diagnosis. Moreover, it has become obvious in recent years that several other factors are implied in this complication, such as the blood flow complexity or inflammation. These recent findings lead to the development of new IA imaging tools such as vessel wall imaging, 4D-MRI, or molecular MRI to visualize inflammation at the site of IA in human and animal models. In this review, we will summarize IA imaging techniques used for the patients and those currently in development.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2022.793072/fullintracranial aneurysmvessel wall imagingimaging techniquehemodynamic imaginginflammation imaging |
| spellingShingle | Clémence Maupu Héloïse Lebas Yacine Boulaftali Imaging Modalities for Intracranial Aneurysm: More Than Meets the Eye Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine intracranial aneurysm vessel wall imaging imaging technique hemodynamic imaging inflammation imaging |
| title | Imaging Modalities for Intracranial Aneurysm: More Than Meets the Eye |
| title_full | Imaging Modalities for Intracranial Aneurysm: More Than Meets the Eye |
| title_fullStr | Imaging Modalities for Intracranial Aneurysm: More Than Meets the Eye |
| title_full_unstemmed | Imaging Modalities for Intracranial Aneurysm: More Than Meets the Eye |
| title_short | Imaging Modalities for Intracranial Aneurysm: More Than Meets the Eye |
| title_sort | imaging modalities for intracranial aneurysm more than meets the eye |
| topic | intracranial aneurysm vessel wall imaging imaging technique hemodynamic imaging inflammation imaging |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcvm.2022.793072/full |
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