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Incidental finding of an aortic aneurysm in a paediatric patient with tuberous sclerosis - A case report with literature review

Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, 2023
Background: While common in the elderly population, abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are rare in the paediatric population and reported to be more common in patients with connective tissue disorders or certain genetic conditions such as tuberous ...
Kar Yee Catrin Kong, Chun Yi Ting, Khurshid Merchant, Angeline Hwei Meeng Lai , Sudipta Roy Chowdhury   +4 more
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A sinister gut feeling

Journal of Mid-Life Health, 2021
Women are generally spared from abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) formation by the immunomodulating effects of estrogen. However, once they develop it, especially in the postmenopausal group, its behavior is more sinister with rapid expansion, a higher ...
Maureen P Tigga, Ganesh G Gowda
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Regulation of Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 and Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Cardiology Discovery, 2023
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a degenerative disease characterized by destruction and progressive expansion of the abdominal aortic wall. An AAA is typically defined as an enlargement of the abdominal aorta with diameter ≥3 cm or ≥50% greater than ...
Shuo Wang, Dan Liu, Xiaolin Zhang, Xiaoxiang Tian   +3 more
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Rare case of inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm with an aortocaval fistula

Radiology Case Reports
Inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysms (IAAA) are a distinct subcategory of abdominal aortic aneurysms that make up roughly 5%-10% of all abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) cases.
Richard Pham, BA, Edwin Chou, MD, Derek Breiner, BSc, Justin Wei, MD, Veena Mandava, MD, Duy Bui, MD   +5 more
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Sildenafil (Viagra) Aggravates the Development of Experimental Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2022
Background cGMP‐hydrolyzing phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) regulates vascular smooth muscle cell (SMC) contraction by antagonizing cGMP‐dependent protein kinase I (PKGI)–dependent SMC relaxation.
Chongyang Zhang, Amy Mohan, Hangchuan Shi, Chen Yan   +3 more
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Automatic Segmentation of Abdominal Aortic Aneurism (AAA) By Using Active Contour Models

Scientific Journal of Informatics, 2020
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a disease that is caused by dilation of the aortic wall. Dilation of the aortic wall will affect the size of the diameter of lumen and the aorta.
Rifki Kosasih
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A Systematic Overview Of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)

Journal Widya Medika Junior, 2020
An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is defined as an abnormal dilatation of the abdominal aorta more than 50% of its diameter. The aortic wall continues to weaken and become unable to hold the forces of the luminal blood pressure, resulting in progressive dilatation and rupture.
Gerardo AK Laksono, Paul L Tahalele
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Endovascular Aortic Repair (EVAR) Method in The Management of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Scripta Score Scientific Medical Journal, 2020
Aortic disease is a collection of diseases of the aorta, which includes aortic aneurysms; acute aortic infections consisting of aortic dissection, intramular hematoma, penetration of atherosclerotic ulcers (PAU) and traumatic injury to the aorta ...
Abed Nego Okthara Sebayang, Niko Azhari Hidayat   +1 more
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A histopathological classification scheme for abdominal aortic aneurysm disease

JVS - Vascular Science, 2021
Objective: Two consensus histopathological classifications for thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAAs) and inflammatory aortic diseases have been issued to facilitate clinical decision-making and inter-study comparison.
Laura E. Bruijn, BSc, Charid G. van Stroe Gómez, BSc, John A. Curci, MD, Jonathan Golledge, MChir, Jaap F. Hamming, MD, PhD, Greg T. Jones, PhD, Regent Lee, MD, PhD, Ljubica Matic, PhD, Connie van Rhijn, BSc, Patrick W. Vriens, MD, PhD, Dick Wågsäter, PhD, Baohui Xu, PhD, Dai Yamanouchi, MD, PhD, Jan H. Lindeman, MD, PhD   +13 more
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Point‐Of‐Care Ultrasound in Emergency Departments in Australia/New Zealand: An Emergency Physician's Perspective

Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences, Volume 72, Issue 1, Page 3-7, March 2025.
This brief overview of the current state of clinician performed focused ultrasound (Emergency PoCUS) by emergency practitioners in Australia/New Zealand (ANZ) has touched on its history, scope of practice both mandated and context‐dependent, complex embedding in clinical diagnostic reasoning and range of governance issues.
Robyn Brady
wiley   +1 more source