Should Magnetic Resonance Angiography Be Used for Screening of Intracranial Aneurysm in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Size | ICA | MCA | ACA | ACoA | Posterior Circulation | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
<3 mm | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
3–5.9 mm | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
6–10 mm | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
>10 mm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 34 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 44 |
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Padilha, I.G.; Guilbert, F.; Létourneau-Guillon, L.; Forté, S.; Nelson, K.; Bélair, M.; Raymond, J.; Soulières, D. Should Magnetic Resonance Angiography Be Used for Screening of Intracranial Aneurysm in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease? J. Clin. Med. 2022, 11, 7463. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11247463
Padilha IG, Guilbert F, Létourneau-Guillon L, Forté S, Nelson K, Bélair M, Raymond J, Soulières D. Should Magnetic Resonance Angiography Be Used for Screening of Intracranial Aneurysm in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease? Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2022; 11(24):7463. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11247463
Chicago/Turabian StylePadilha, Igor Gomes, François Guilbert, Laurent Létourneau-Guillon, Stéphanie Forté, Kristoff Nelson, Manon Bélair, Jean Raymond, and Denis Soulières. 2022. "Should Magnetic Resonance Angiography Be Used for Screening of Intracranial Aneurysm in Adults with Sickle Cell Disease?" Journal of Clinical Medicine 11, no. 24: 7463. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm11247463