Table 1:

Morphologic and hemodynamic variables for the ruptured and unruptured aneurysms*

Ruptured (n = 8)Unruptured (n = 18)P Value
Age (yr)60 ± 1755 ± 12.31
Artery size (mm)4.7 ± 0.74.7 ± 0.4.60
Aneurysm size (mm)11.0 ± 6.96.9 ± 3.3.09
Ostium size (mm)4.1 ± 1.14.1 ± 1.2.60
Aspect ratio2.0 ± 0.91.5 ± 0.8.19
Area at aneurysm (mm2)256 ± 351124 ± 110.37
Ostium area (mm2)18 ± 819 ± 11.85
Mean shear at artery (N/m2)4.0 ± 1.84.5 ± 2.1.57
Mean shear at aneurysm (N/m2)1.9 ± 1.12.6 ± 1.9.50
Mean shear at ostium (N/m2)5.7 ± 4.35.5 ± 3.2.99
Aneurysm shear/arterial shear (%)48 ± 3359 ± 33.26
Maximal wall shear (N/m2)26 ± 1523 ± 12.80
Low wall shear area (mm2)128 ± 29022 ± 44.04
Ratio of low shear area (%) (low shear area/dome area)27 ± 2511 ± 17.03
  • * Numbers are presented as mean ± SD. The Mann-Whitney rank sum test is used for statistical analysis. A P value < .05 is deemed statistically significant.