Diabetes and aortic aneurysm: current state of the art

J Raffort, F Lareyre, M Clément… - Cardiovascular …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Aortic aneurysm is a life-threatening disease due to the risk of aortic rupture. The only
curative treatment available relies on surgical approaches; drug-based therapies are …

Diabetes mellitus: is it protective against aneurysm? A narrative review

K Patel, MA Zafar, BA Ziganshin, JA Elefteriades - Cardiology, 2018 - karger.com
Objectives: In the course of extensive clinical aortic surgery, we noticed that the aorta was
quite thick and fibrotic in diabetic patients. We thought the diabetic aortic aorta might be …

[HTML][HTML] Diabetes and the abdominal aortic aneurysm

S Shantikumar, R Ajjan, KE Porter, DJA Scott - European Journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this review is to delineate the association between abdominal aortic
aneurysms (AAAs) and diabetes mellitus. Mechanisms for the underlying association are …

Association between diabetes and prevalence and growth rate of abdominal aortic aneurysms: a meta-analysis

J Xiong, Z Wu, C Chen, Y Wei, W Guo - International journal of cardiology, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Although the prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) was lower in
diabetes, the relationship between diabetes and AAA prevalence remains unclear. In this …

[HTML][HTML] The strange relationship between diabetes and abdominal aortic aneurysm

FA Lederle - European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular …, 2012 - Elsevier
In a 1997 report of a large abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening study, we observed
a negative association between diabetes and AAA. Although this was not previously …

[HTML][HTML] Diabetes and abdominal aortic aneurysms

P De Rango, L Farchioni, B Fiorucci, M Lenti - European Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Epidemiologic evidence suggests that patients with diabetes may have a lower incidence of
abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA); however, the link between diabetes and AAA …

Reduced long‐term risk of aortic aneurysm and aortic dissection among individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a nationwide observational study

T Avdic, S Franzén, M Zarrouk, S Acosta… - Journal of the …, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background No studies have examined long‐term risks for aortic aneurysm (AA) and aortic
dissection (AD) or mortality after AA or AD hospitalization among patients with type 2 …

Matrix biology of abdominal aortic aneurysms in diabetes: mechanisms underlying the negative association

PE Norman, TME Davis, MTQ Le… - Connective tissue …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Several case-control studies have shown a significant negative association between
diabetes and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). This interaction has the potential to further …

[HTML][HTML] Hyperglycemia limits experimental aortic aneurysm progression

N Miyama, MM Dua, JJ Yeung, GM Schultz… - Journal of vascular …, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with reduced progression of abdominal
aortic aneurysm (AAA) disease. Mechanisms responsible for this negative association …

Abdominal aortic aneurysms and diabetes mellitus

K Pafili, I Gouni-Berthold, N Papanas… - Journal of Diabetes and …, 2015 - Elsevier
There is accumulating evidence that risk profiles differ between coronary artery disease and
abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). However, diabetes mellitus (DM) appears to be …