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Mouse models for abdominal aortic aneurysm
British Journal of Pharmacology, 2020 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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Mycotic Aortic Aneurysm: Review of the Literature and Report of Two Cases [PDF]
Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Medicine, 2021 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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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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Pathogenic mechanisms and the potential of drug therapies for aortic aneurysm.
American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology, 2020 Aortic aneurysm is a permanent focal dilation of the aorta. It is usually an asymptomatic disease, but can lead to sudden death due to aortic rupture. Aortic aneurysm-related mortalities are estimated at approximately 200,000 deaths per year worldwide ...
Bo Liu +3 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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A double nellix and chimney covered stents: challenging treatment of pararenal aortic aneurysm [PDF]
, 2017 A 77-year-old male patient presented with a symptomatic, 66-mm pararenal aortic aneurysm. The patient was classified as unsuitable for open surgery due to significant comorbidities.
Brancadoro, Domitilla +5 more
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The credibility of health economic models for health policy decision-making: the case of population screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm [PDF]
, 2007 <i>Objectives</i>: To review health economic models of population screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) among elderly males and assess their credibility for informing decision-making. <i>Methods</i>: A literature review
Briggs, A.H. +4 more
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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2019 Background Acute aortic dissection (AAD) is a life-threatening disorder in vascular surgery with a high early mortality. Serum amyloid A (SAA) is a kind of acute-phase protein with a rapid diagnostic value in other diseases.
Yuchen He +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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The mechanism and therapy of aortic aneurysms
Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy, 2023 Aortic aneurysm is a chronic aortic disease affected by many factors. Although it is generally asymptomatic, it poses a significant threat to human life due to a high risk of rupture.
Jianing Gao +7 more
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