Prevalence of Intracranial Aneurysm in Hong Kong Chinese

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intracranial Aneurysm

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01078506

GW006

Details and patient eligibility

About

Intracranial aneurysm (localized dilatation in weakened blood vessel wall) rupture is a catastrophic disease, with half of the victims died and many of the survivors disabled. There is currently no data in the literature for the Chinese population concerning the prevalence, characteristics (location and size) and risk of harboring an unruptured intracranial aneurysm. In this study, the investigators aim to study the population prevalence and characteristics (location and size) of intracranial aneurysm in Hong Kong Chinese, and its cost-effectiveness. The screening is carried out using magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), with a 3-T magnetic resonance system, which is a well-established non-invasive method for intracranial aneurysm detection.

Full description

As charted below.

Enrollment: 200 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy adults aged between 21 and 65 years

Exclusion criteria

• Contraindications to MRI
• History of known intracranial pathologies

Trial design

200 participants in 1 patient group

Hong Kong Chinese

Description:

Without a history of known intracranial pathologies.