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Mycotic Aortic Aneurysm: Review of the Literature and Report of Two Cases [PDF]
A mycotic aortic aneurysm (MAA), synonymously known as infected aortic aneurysm, is an aortic aneurysm due to infection. Mycotic aortic aneurysm most commonly develops through microbial inoculation of the diseased aortic endothelium during bacteremia. In
shirin saberianpour+3 more
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The risk of cardiovascular disease begins to increase from the early stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Abdominal aortic aneurysms are the most common arterial aneurysms of peripheral arterial diseases.
O. Karaarslan Cengiz, G. Nergizoglu
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Aortic aneurysm is an enlargement of the aorta with a loss of the arterial wall parallelism. There are several possible causes concerning etiology, one of which is the postsurgical presence of a patent distal false lumen.
Zoran Stankov+3 more
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Lack of an effective drug therapy for abdominal aortic aneurysm
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) rupture is a common cause of death in adults. Current AAA treatment is by open surgical or endovascular aneurysm repair. Rodent model and human epidemiology, and genetic and observational studies over the last few decades ...
J. Golledge+5 more
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Mouse models for abdominal aortic aneurysm
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) rupture is estimated to cause 200,000 deaths each year. Currently, the only treatment for AAA is surgical repair; however, this is only indicated for large asymptomatic, symptomatic or ruptured aneurysms, is not always ...
J. Golledge, S. Krishna, Yutang Wang
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Coexistence of expanding abdominal aortic aneurysm and aggravated intervertebral disc extrusion -a case report- [PDF]
Abdominal aortic aneurysm is included in the differential diagnosis of lower back pain. Although rare, this important disease can cause potentially lethal complications. In this case, expanding abdominal aortic aneurysm coexisted with intervertebral disc
Nan Seol Kim+2 more
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Congenital Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Case Report and Literature Review
Congenital abdominal aortic aneurysm is a rare disease with unknown etiology, and the common symptoms are abdominal pulsatile mass and pain caused by aneurysm rupture. The disease has a high mortality rate and fewer reports of surgical treatment.
Zhibin Zhou+4 more
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Comorbidities Associated with Large Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Abdominal aortic aneurysm has become increasingly important owing to demographic changes. Some other diseases, for example, cholecystolithiasis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and hernias, seem to co-occur with abdominal aortic ...
Althoff, Christian E.+6 more
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Treatment of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: State of the Art
Introduction: Endovascular aneurysm repair for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm has been increasingly advocated due to short term benefits. Most observational studies point towards survival advantage for endovascular aneurysm repair over open repair ...
José Oliveira-Pinto+2 more
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Importance Abdominal aortic aneurysms affect more than 3% of US older adults. Objective To test whether doxycycline reduces the growth of abdominal aortic aneurysm over 2 years as measured by maximum transverse diameter.
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