Carotid siphon geometry and variants of the circle of Willis in the origin of carotid aneurysms

Autor: Ângelo Raimundo Silva Neto, Ródio Luis Brandão Câmara, Marcelo Moraes Valença
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Vol 70, Iss 12, Pp 917-921 (2012)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1678-4227
0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2012001200003
Popis: This study evaluated anatomical variants in the carotid siphon and of the circle of Willis in patients with aneurysms. We performed a retrospective analysis of cerebral angiographies. The Control Group was composed of patients without aneurysms. Posterior communicating artery (PcomA) aneurysms were more common in women (p
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