Variations of the anterior communicating artery complex and occurrence of anterior communicating artery aneurysm: A2 segment consideration

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العنوان: Variations of the anterior communicating artery complex and occurrence of anterior communicating artery aneurysm: A2 segment consideration
المؤلفون: Roger M, Krzyzewski, Iwona M, Tomaszewska, Natalia, Lorenc, Michal, Kochana, Grzegorz, Goncerz, Wieslawa, Klimek-Piotrowska, Klaudia, Walocha, Andrzej, Urbanik
المصدر: Folia medica Cracoviensia. 54(1)
سنة النشر: 2015
مصطلحات موضوعية: Male, Logistic Models, Anterior Cerebral Artery, Predictive Value of Tests, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Angiography, Digital Subtraction, Humans, Female, Intracranial Aneurysm, Middle Aged, Aged
الوصف: The anterior communicating artery (ACoA) is the most frequent site of intracranial aneurysm location. Despite many studies the frequency of aneurysm occurrence with anatomical anomalies is still poorly described. Moreover the significance of the A2 segment of anterior cerebral artery anomalies has been neglected. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and types of variations of the anterior cerebral circulation in patients with ACoA aneurysms and to analyze their relation to aneurysm occurrence in the Polish population.We studied 50 patients with an established radiological diagnosis of ACoA aneurysm and 100 healthy age- and sex-matched controls using Computed Tomgraphy Angio- graphy. Maximum Intensity and Volume Rendering Projections were used to examine the cerebral arterial circulation. Univariate logistic regression was used to determine the statistical association between ACoA complex anomalies and aneurysm occurrence.Patients in the study group had a significantly higher incidence of hypoplastic A1 seg- ment of the anterior cerebral artery (24% vs. 7%; p0.01) and aplastic A1 segment of the anterior cerebral artery (12% vs. 3%; p = 0.03). The frequency of A1 segment hypoplasia or aplasia in the study group was 36%. There was a statistical trend regarding A2 segment aplasia/hypoplasia as a potential predictor of ACoA aneurysm (6% vs. 1%; p = 0.07).Occurrence of an ACoA aneurysm is associated with hypoplasia or aplasia of the A1 segment of the anterior cerebral artery. A2 segment anomalies may potentially be associated with aneurysm formation.
تدمد: 0015-5616
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=pmid________::7c67ca181e26b830c5e819e8b4085ae7
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25556363
رقم الانضمام: edsair.pmid..........7c67ca181e26b830c5e819e8b4085ae7
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