Contemporary management of the infra-renal abdominal aortic aneurysm.
Surgeon
; 4(6): 363-71, 2006 Dec.
Article
en En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-17152201
ABSTRACT
Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) principally affect men over 60 years of age. Aneurysms are usually asymptomatic and detected coincidentally or following the onset of symptoms. Elective repair of an AAA is considered when the diameter reaches 5.5cm or annual expansion exceeds 1 cm. Rupture represents a catastrophic event and carries an unacceptably high mortality. The advent of endovascular repair heralds an improvement in operative outcome for this disease process. In this review we provide an overview of the recent trials investigating the management of non-ruptured and ruptured aneurysms and the strategies that may be invoked to lower the mortality of this disease process
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Procedimientos Quirúrgicos Vasculares
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Aneurisma de la Aorta Abdominal
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Riñón
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Surgeon
Año:
2006
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido