Arterial bifurcation [Neurosurgery Wiki]

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====== Arterial bifurcation ======

The bifurcation of an [[aneurysm]] represents preferred locations for [[aneurysm]] formation, especially when they are associated with variations in divider geometry. 
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The Cerebral arteries (CAs) bifurcations do not represent regions of decreased [[artery wall]] strength
((Lombarski L, Kunert P, Tarka S, Piechna A, Kujawski S, Marchel A. Rupture pressure values of cerebral arteries in the presence of unruptured intracranial aneurysm. Sci Rep. 2022 Jun 18;12(1):10294. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-13341-8. PMID: 35717502.)).
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Tütüncü et al., hypothesized a link between [[basilar apex aneurysm]]s and [[basilar artery]] bifurcation (a) and vertebrobasilar junction (VBJ) angles
((Tütüncü F, Schimansky S, Baharoglu MI, Gao B, Calnan D, Hippelheuser J, Safain
MG, Lauric A, Malek AM. Widening of the basilar bifurcation angle: association
with presence of intracranial aneurysm, age, and female sex. J Neurosurg. 2014
Dec;121(6):1401-10. doi: 10.3171/2014.8.JNS1447. Epub 2014 Oct 3. PubMed PMID:
25280096.))

see [[Bifurcation aneurysm]]