Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021 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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Coexistence of expanding abdominal aortic aneurysm and aggravated intervertebral disc extrusion -a case report- [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2013 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
Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022 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]
, 2019 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
Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2018 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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Systematic review and meta-analysis of the growth and rupture rates of small abdominal aortic aneurysms: implications for surveillance intervals and their cost-effectiveness. [PDF]
, 2013 BACKGROUND: Small abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs; 3.0-5.4 cm in diameter) are usually asymptomatic and managed by regular ultrasound surveillance until they grow to a diameter threshold (commonly 5.5 cm) at which surgical intervention is considered ...
Bown, MJ +7 more
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The Lancet, 2005 Abdominal aortic aneurysms cause 1.3% of all deaths among men aged 65-85 years in developed countries. These aneurysms are typically asymptomatic until the catastrophic event of rupture. Repair of large or symptomatic aneurysms by open surgery or endovascular repair is recommended, whereas repair of small abdominal aortic aneurysms does not provide a ...
SakalihasanN, Natzi +2 more
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A 103 Year Old Man With a Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
EJVES Vascular Forum, 2020 Introduction: With wider use of stent grafts, treating nonagenarians with abdominal aortic aneurysm has become more common in Japan. This is the report of a 103 year old patient with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm who successfully underwent ...
Satoshi Nishi +5 more
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TGFβ (transforming growth factor-β) blockade induces a human-like disease in a nondissecting mouse model of abdominal aortic aneurysm [PDF]
, 2017 Objective-Current experimental models of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) do not accurately reproduce the major features of human AAA. We hypothesized that blockade of TGF beta (transforming growth factor-beta) activity-a guardian of vascular integrity ...
Clément, Marc +12 more
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Long term outcomes in men screened for abdominal aortic aneurysm : prospective cohort study [PDF]
, 2012 PMID: 22563092 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] PMCID: PMC3344734 Free PMC ArticlePeer reviewedPublisher ...
Duncan, John L +4 more
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