Medical treatment for small abdominal aortic aneurysms

G Rughani, L Robertson… - Cochrane database of …, 2012 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in selected groups is now
performed in England, the USA and Sweden. Patients with aneurysms over 55 mm in …

Cardiovascular risk prevention and all-cause mortality in primary care patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm

SS Bahia, A Vidal-Diez, SRK Seshasai… - Journal of British …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background Perioperative mortality is low for patients undergoing abdominal aortic
aneurysm (AAA) repair, but long-term survival remains poor. Although patients diagnosed …

[HTML][HTML] Growth predictors and prognosis of small abdominal aortic aneurysms

FJV Schlösser, MJD Tangelder, HJM Verhagen… - Journal of vascular …, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Evidence regarding the influence of cardiovascular risk factors, comorbidities,
and patient characteristics on the growth of small abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) is …

Antithrombotic therapy in abdominal aortic aneurysm: beneficial or detrimental?

SJ Cameron, HM Russell… - Blood, The Journal of the …, 2018 - ashpublications.org
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a degenerative vascular pathology resulting in
significant morbidity and mortality in older adults due to rupture and sudden death. Despite …

Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm—epidemiology, predisposing factors, and biology

T Schmitz-Rixen, M Keese, M Hakimi, A Peters… - … archives of surgery, 2016 - Springer
Purpose Abdominal aortic aneurysm is a common degenerative vascular disorder
associated with sudden death due to aortic rupture. This review describes epidemiology …

Biomarkers of abdominal aortic aneurysm progression. Part 2: inflammation

FA Hellenthal, WA Buurman, WKWH Wodzig… - Nature Reviews …, 2009 - nature.com
Defining progression of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is complicated by several factors,
including measurement error, duration of follow-up, and the imaging modality used to …

[HTML][HTML] Management of abdominal aortic aneurysms clinical practice guidelines of the European society for vascular surgery

FL Moll, JT Powell, G Fraedrich, F Verzini… - European journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Methods Patients with AAAs are defined as male or female patients with asymptomatic,
symptomatic or ruptured AAA with fusiform dilatation. This document does not cover patients …

Meta-analysis of individual patient data to examine factors affecting growth and rupture of small abdominal aortic aneurysms

MJ Sweeting, SG Thompson, LC Brown… - Journal of British …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Background Surveillance is a common management strategy for small abdominal aortic
aneurysm (AAA)(3· 0–5· 4 cm in diameter). Individual characteristics, other than diameter …

[HTML][HTML] Paradigm shifts in the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm: trends in 721 patients between 1996 and 2008

FC Albuquerque Jr, BH Tonnessen, RE Noll Jr… - Journal of vascular …, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated longitudinal trends in abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
management after later-generation endografts became available. METHODS: We …

Systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of statin therapy on abdominal aortic aneurysms

CP Twine, IM Williams - Journal of British Surgery, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Background The aim was to investigate the effects of statin therapy on abdominal aortic
aneurysm (AAA) disease. Methods PubMed, the Cochrane Library, Embase and …