Intracranial aneurysm is predicted by abdominal aortic calcification index: A retrospective case-control study

Patients with intracranial aneurysms (IA) have excess mortality for cardiovascular diseases, but little is known on whether atherosclerotic manifestations and IA coexist. We investigated abdominal aortic calcification index's (ACI) association with unruptured and ruptured IAs.

Source: Atherosclerosis - August 14, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Ville Rantasalo, Jarmo Gunn, Tuomas Kiviniemi, Jussi Hirvonen, Ilkka Saarenp ää, Juri Kivelev, Melissa Rahi, Elli Lassila, Jaakko Rinne, Dan Laukka Source Type: research