title: Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms: A Guideline for Healthcare Professionals From the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this updated statement is to provide comprehensive and evidence-based recommendations for management of patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysms.
  
  
  METHODS
  Writing group members used systematic literature reviews from January 1977 up to June 2014. They also reviewed contemporary published evidence-based guidelines, personal files, and published expert opinion to summarize existing evidence, indicate gaps in current knowledge, and when appropriate, formulated recommendations using standard American Heart Association criteria. The guideline underwent extensive peer review, including review by the Stroke Council Leadership and Stroke Scientific Statement Oversight Committees, before consideration and approval by the American Heart Association Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Evidence-based guidelines are presented for the care of patients presenting with unruptured intracranial aneurysms. The guidelines address presentation, natural history, epidemiology, risk factors, screening, diagnosis, imaging and outcomes from surgical and endovascular treatment.
authors.forename: B Gregory
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Sepideh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amin-Hanjani
authors.forename: Joseph P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Broderick
authors.forename: Kevin M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Cockroft
authors.forename: E Sander
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Connolly
authors.forename: Gary R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Duckwiler
authors.forename: Catherine C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Virginia J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: S Claiborne Clay
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: Philip M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Meyers
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Molyneux
authors.forename: Christopher S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Ogilvy
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Ringer
authors.forename: James
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authors.lastname: Torner
mesh_terms: D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D020521:Stroke / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: AHA Scientific Statements; cerebral aneurysm; epidemiology; imaging; natural history; outcome; risk factors; treatment