Natural Course of Dissecting Vertebrobasilar Artery Aneurysms without Stroke

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The natural history and therapeutic management of dissecting vertebrobasilar aneurysms without ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke (nonstroke dissecting vertebrobasilar aneurysms) are not well-established. We conservatively followed patients with nonstroke dissecting vertebrobasilar aneurysms and evaluated the factors related to clinical and morphologic deterioration