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Aim: To measure ankle–brachial index (ABI) and brachial–ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) in patients with intracranial saccular and dissecting aneurysms to clarify whether these aneurysms are associated with arterial stiffness and atherosclerosis.

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Assessment of these values may aid theevaluation of the intracranial saccular aneurysm and the development of strategies for screening patients with intracranial saccular aneurysms.

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This page is a summary of: Arterial stiffness as a risk factor for cerebral aneurysm, Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, September 2014, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/ane.12286.
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