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Intracranial aneurysm (IA) is a cerebrovascular disorder in which abnormal dilation of a blood vessel results from weakening of the blood vessel wall. The aneurysm may rupture, leading to subarachnoid hemorrhage with severe outcomes. This study was conducted to identify the genetic factors involved in the etiology of IA. Whole-exome sequencing was performed in three IA-aggregate families to identify candidate variants. Further association studies of candidate variants were performed among sporadic cases and controls. Bioinformatic analysis was used to predict the functions of candidate genes and variants. Twenty variants were identified after whole-exome sequencing, among which eight were selected for replicative association studies. c.4403G>A (p.R1468H) was significantly associated with IA (odds ratio 4.77; 95% confidence interval 1.94-11.67; -value = 0.00019). Amino acid R1468 in was predicted to be located in the spectrin-binding domain of ankyrin-G and may regulate the migration of vascular endothelial cells and affect cell-cell junctions. Therefore, the variation p.R1468H may cause weakening of the artery walls, thereby accelerating the formation of IA. Thus, is a candidate gene highly related to IA.
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Comput Biol Med
September 2025
INSIGNEO Institute for in silico medicine, University of Sheffield, UK; School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering, University of Sheffield, UK. Electronic address:
Modelling cardiovascular disease is at the forefront of efforts to use computational tools to assist in the analysis and forecasting of an individual's state of health. To build trust in such tools, it is crucial to understand how different approaches perform when applied to a nominally identical scenario, both singularly and across a population. To examine such differences, we have studied the flow in aneurysms located on the internal carotid artery and middle cerebral artery using the commercial solver Ansys CFX and the open-source code HemeLB.
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September 2025
From the Department of Interventional Radiology (Shuailong Shi, Shuhai Long, Ji Ma, Peijie Lu, Jie Yang, Ye Wang, Tengfei Li), The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China; The School of Life Science and Technology (Zhike Zhang), Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China; an
Background And Purpose: Although high-resolution cone-beam computed tomography (HR-CBCT) is used for immediate evaluation of stent apposition, studies using this technique to evaluate flow diverter (FD) endothelialization during follow-up are limited. The study aims to investigate the potential of HR-CBCT in assessing FD endothelialization and identify factors influencing poor endothelialization.
Materials And Methods: The clinical and imaging data of patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs) treated by FDs from March 2019 to October 2023 were retrospectively analyzed.
Clin Neurol Neurosurg
September 2025
Department of Neurosurgery and Spine Surgery, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany; Center for Translational Neuro, & Behavioral Sciences (C-TNBS), University of Duisburg Essen, Germany.
Objective: Accurate prediction of the initial severity of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH) is important for effective management of unruptured intracranial aneurysms (IA). This study aims to investigate patient and IA characteristics as pre-rupture predictors of severe aSAH.
Methods: This retrospective analysis included all patients aged 18 years or older diagnosed with acute aSAH at our center between January 2003 and June 2016.
Interv Neuroradiol
September 2025
Department of Neurological Surgery, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Lake Success, New York, USA.
BackgroundEndovascular coil embolization is a common treatment for intracranial aneurysms, but aneurysm recanalization remains a significant problem that may necessitate retreatment. This study aimed to identify patient, aneurysm, and procedural factors associated with recanalization in aneurysms treated exclusively with coil embolization.MethodsThis single center retrospective study assessed intracranial aneurysms treated with coiling-only between 2017 and 2022.
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September 2025
Department of Neurosurgery, Kurume University School of Medicine 67, Asahimachi Kurume City, Fukuoka, 830-0011, Japan.
We report a 64-year-old woman who developed symptomatic vasospasm on postoperative day 7 after clipping of an unruptured right middle cerebral artery (MCA) aneurysm. Imaging revealed right MCA vasospasm, which resolved with oral antiplatelets and intravenous vasodilators. She was discharged without neurological deficits.
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