The inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm and coronary artery disease. Case report and review.
Minerva Cardioangiol
; 54(2): 265-71, 2006 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-16778758
ABSTRACT
Inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm (IAAA) is defined as an unusually thickened aneurysmatic wall, encircled by a wide dense perianeurysmal and/or retroperitoneal fibrosis with adjacent tissues adhesion, and is now considered as an extreme shape of the common phlogistic process involved in atherosclerotic plaque formation. Latest studies demonstrated that inflammation plays an important role in coronary disease and in other atherosclerosis manifestations. We introduce the clinical case of a patient with IAAA who developed an acute myocardial infarction 6 months after the surgical procedure on the aorta. Through a literature review about IAAA we stress the clinical usefulness of the inflammatory markers as independent predictors in management of patients with coronary disease and we present the hypothesis, related to the introduced case, of an advanced coronary disease, aggravated or clinically revealed after the cytokine storm related to important localized inflammatory engagements or great vascular surgery treatments.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Aortite
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Aneurisma da Aorta Abdominal
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Infarto do Miocárdio
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Minerva Cardioangiol
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália