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- Title
The bifurcation angle is associated with the progression of saccular aneurysms.
- Authors
Shimizu, Kampei; Kataoka, Hiroharu; Imai, Hirohiko; Miyata, Takeshi; Okada, Akihiro; Sakai, Nobuyuki; Chin, Masaki; Iwasaki, Koichi; Hatano, Taketo; Imamura, Hirotoshi; Ishibashi, Ryota; Goto, Masanori; Koyanagi, Masaomi; Aoki, Tomohiro; Miyamoto, Susumu
- Abstract
The role of the bifurcation angle in progression of saccular intracranial aneurysms (sIAs) has been undetermined. We, therefore, assessed the association of bifurcation angles with aneurysm progression using a bifurcation-type aneurysm model in rats and anterior communicating artery aneurysms in a multicenter case–control study. Aneurysm progression was defined as growth by ≥ 1 mm or rupture during observation, and controls as progression-free for 30 days in rats and ≥ 36 months in humans. In the rat model, baseline bifurcation angles were significantly wider in progressive aneurysms than in stable ones. In the case–control study, 27 and 65 patients were enrolled in the progression and control groups. Inter-observer agreement for the presence or absence of the growth was excellent (κ coefficient, 0.82; 95% CI, 0.61–1.0). Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that wider baseline bifurcation angles were significantly associated with subsequent progressions. The odds ratio for the progression of the second (145°–179°) or third (180°–274°) tertiles compared to the first tertile (46°–143°) were 5.5 (95% CI, 1.3–35). Besides, the bifurcation angle was positively correlated with the size of aneurysms (Spearman's rho, 0.39; P = 0.00014). The present study suggests the usefulness of the bifurcation angle for predicting the progression of sIAs.
- Subjects
PROGRESSION-free survival; ANEURYSMS; INTRACRANIAL aneurysms; LOGISTIC regression analysis; RATS; ODDS ratio; ANGLES
- Publication
Scientific Reports, 2022, Vol 12, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2045-2322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41598-022-11160-5