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ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2021

Trends of Ruptured and Unruptured Aneurysms Treatment in the United States in Post-ISAT Era: A National Inpatient Sample Analysis.

Mohamed M Salem, Georgios A Maragkos, Santiago Gomez-Paz, Luis C Ascanio, Long H Ngo, Christopher S Ogilvy, Ajith J Thomas, Justin M Moore

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Article in Journal of the American Heart Association, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mohamed M SalemNeurosurgery Service Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterHarvard Medical School Boston MA.
Georgios A MaragkosNeurosurgery Service Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterHarvard Medical School Boston MA.
Santiago Gomez-PazNeurosurgery Service Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterHarvard Medical School Boston MA.
Luis C AscanioNeurosurgery Service Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterHarvard Medical School Boston MA.
Long H NgoDepartment of Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterHarvard Medical School Boston MA.
Christopher S OgilvyNeurosurgery Service Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterHarvard Medical School Boston MA.
Ajith J ThomasNeurosurgery Service Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterHarvard Medical School Boston MA.
Justin M MooreNeurosurgery Service Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterHarvard Medical School Boston MA.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background The ISAT (International Subarachnoid Aneurysm Trial) has generated a paradigm shift towards endovascular treatment for intracranial aneurysms but remains unclear if this has led to a true reduction in the risk for aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH). We sought to study the association between the treatment burden of unruptured and ruptured aneurysms in the post-ISAT era. Methods and Results Admissions data from the National Inpatient Sample (2004-2014) were extracted, including patients with a primary diagnosis of aSAH or unruptured intracranial aneurysms treated by clipping or coiling. Within each year, this combined group was randomly matched to non-aneurysmal control group, based on age, sex, and Elixhauser comorbidity index. Multinomial regression was performed to calculate the relative risk ratio of undergoing treatment for either ruptured or unruptured aneurysms in comparison with the reference control group, adjusted for time. After adjusting for National Inpatient Sample sampling effects, 243 754 patients with aneurysm were identified, 174 580 (71.6%) were women; mean age, 55.4±13.2 years. A total of 121 882 (50.01%) patients were treated for unruptured aneurysms, 79 627 (65.3%) endovascularly and 42 256 (34.7%) surgically. A total of 121 872 (49.99%) patients underwent procedures for aSAH, 68 921 (56.6%) endovascular, and 52 951 (43.5%) surgically. Multinomial regression revealed a significant year-to-year decrease in aSAH procedures compared with the control group of non-aneurysmal hospitalizations (relative risk ratio, 0.963 per year;

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Aneurysm, RupturedDatabases, FactualEmbolization, TherapeuticEndovascular ProceduresFemaleHumansInpatientsIntracranial AneurysmMaleMiddle AgedMorbidityPrognosisRetrospective StudiesSubarachnoid HemorrhageUnited Statesincidencemortalitysubarachnoid hemorrhageunruptured aneurysms

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PMCPMC7955327
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