Background: Previous medical history strongly contributes to the genesis of intracranial
aneurysms (IA). A possible impact of regular medication on the occurrence of abdominal …

Background and purpose Hypertension is a risk factor for subarachnoid hemorrhage and is
also considered a risk factor for saccular intracranial aneurysm (sIA) formation. However …

Recently, we read with great interest the article 'Use of antihypertensive medication and
formation of de novo intracranial aneurysms' by Räisänen et al.[1]. The study found that …

Background and purpose Establishment of drug therapy to prevent rupture of unruptured
intracranial aneurysms (IAs) is needed. Previous human and animal studies have gradually …

Background Conflicting findings exist on the protective role of aspirin against aneurysmal
subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). In this retrospective analysis, we compare the risk of SAH …

Background and Purpose—Three percent of the population has an unruptured intracranial
aneurysm (UIA). We aimed to identify independent risk factors from lifestyle and medical …

Intracranial aneurysms (IA) are a relatively frequent vascular abnormality. The prevailing
opinion is that cerebral aneurysmal disease is related to hemodynamic and genetic factors …

We thank Drs Kirchoff-Torres and Labovitz for their interest in our article. 1 The authors fear
that the presented results may be overgeneralized. We share the view that the applicability …

Patient-related, modifiable risk factors—in addition to arterial hypertension, established in
PHASES—are current cigarette smoking and heavy alcohol consumption. 14, 15 For …

Background and aims: The role of statins in unruptured intracranial aneurysm (UIA) growth
and rupture remains ambiguous. This study sought to determine whether atorvastatin is …