YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF SOMEONE
HAVING AN ANEURYSM, AND
WONDERED, "WHAT IS THAT?" AND
"COULD I HAVE ONE?"
WE WELCOME DR. SUNG BAE LEE,
NEUROINTERVENTI ONALIST AND
MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF
NEUROINTERVENTI ONAL SURGERY AT
THE QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTER FOR
THIS MORNING'S ASK A
IS SCREENING FOR A CEREBRAL
ANEURYSM RECOMMENDED?
If someone has an episode of a
sudden
worst headache in his or her
life, that
individual should be evaluated
emergently
in the emergency department.
However,
routine screening of the general
WHAT IS A CEREBRAL ANEURYSM AND
WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS?
CEREBRAL ANEURYSM
OF THE BRAIN
3.2% OF THE GENERAL
POPULATION HAVE IT MOST
ANEURYSMS ARE CLINICALLY
SILENT OR DO NOT CAUSE SYMPTOMS
IF ANEURYSM RUPTURES, IT
CAUSES BLEEDING AROUND THE BRAIN
WHAT ARE THE TREATMENT
OPTIONS FOR CEREBRAL ANEURYSMS?
UNRUPTURED CEREBRAL
ANEURYSMS - TREATMENT OPTIONS
IMAGING SURVEILLANCE
ENDOVASCULAR EMBOLIZATION
OPEN SURGICAL CLIP LIGATION
RUPTURED CEREBRAL
ANEURYSMS - TREATMENT OPTIONS
ENDOVASCULAR TREATMENT ACUTE
DR. SUNG BAE LEE IS PART OF THE
TEAM AT THE QUEEN'S
NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE. TO
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE SERVICES
THEY OFFER AND FOR
STAFF PROFILES, GO TO
QUEENSMEDICALCE NTER.ORG/NEUROS