Multidisciplinary Consensus on Assessment of Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms

News Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014

STROKEAHA: March 25, 2014

Background and Purpose—To address the increasing need to counsel patients about treatment indications for unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIA), we endeavored to develop a consensus on assessment of UIAs among a group of specialists from diverse fields involved in research and treatment of UIAs.

Methods—After composition of the research group, a Delphi consensus was initiated to identify and rate all features, which may be relevant to assess UIAs and their treatment by using ranking scales and analysis of inter-rater agreement (IRA) for each factor. IRA was categorized as very high, high, moderate, or low. Read more

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