Endovascular treatment of ruptured intracranial aneurysms during pregnancy: report of three cases

Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2003 Oct;268(4):325-8. doi: 10.1007/s00404-002-0384-6. Epub 2002 Oct 24.

Abstract

Subarachnoid hemorrhage from an intracranial aneurysm during pregnancy is a rare complication with high maternal and fetal morbidity-mortality. We report three cases of ruptured intracranial aneurysms during pregnancy, treated by the minimal invasive endovascular approach.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / diagnosis
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / surgery*
  • Angiography, Digital Subtraction
  • Cerebral Angiography
  • Female
  • Gestational Age
  • Humans
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / diagnosis
  • Intracranial Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / surgery*
  • Ultrasonography, Prenatal
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures* / adverse effects
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures* / instrumentation