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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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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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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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Diabetes and the Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm [PDF]
The aim of this review is to delineate the association between abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) and diabetes mellitus. Mechanisms for the underlying association are then discussed.A systematic review of the English-language literature using PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane databases was undertaken up to September 2009.
Saran Shantikumar+3 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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The Small Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm [PDF]
[Extract] Despite a number of large randomised trials (with more underway) the management of small abdominal aortic aneurysms remains controversial.1–3 In this issue of the European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery Vega de Ceniga and colleagues report on the growth rate of abdominal aortic aneurysms measuring !5 cm in maximum diameter ...
Golledge, J+4 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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Immune Modulation as a Treatment for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms [PDF]
In the United States, over 200,000 new patients are diagnosed with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) each year. Consequently, over 40,000 highly morbid aortic reconstructions are performed each year to prevent aneurysm rupture, a catastrophic event ...
Murphy, Michael P., Wang, S. Keisin
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The risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture prediction according to computed tomography data
Background. Abdominal aortic aneurysm – is a widespread disease, which in some cases does not have any specific clinical symptoms, but possible complications of this pathology are characterized by high mortality.
D. Z. Tutova+4 more
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Tuberculous Aneurysm of the Abdominal Aorta: Endovascular Repair Using Stent Grafts in Two Cases [PDF]
Tuberculous aneurysm of the aorta is exceedingly rare. To date, the standard therapy for mycotic aneurysm of the abdominal aorta has been surgery involving in-situ graft placement or extra-anatomic bypass surgery followed by effective anti-tuberculous ...
Byung Kook Kwak+16 more
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