Most of the patients with these disorders are men in the sixth and seventh decades of life
who have generalized arteriosclerosis that is more severe than that normally attributed to …

A. Cardiovascular system. Coronary artery disease is present in 40% to 80% of vascular
surgery patients, and is a major source of morbidity and mortality. Myocardial infarction (MI) …

Abdominal vascular surgery is required for aneurysmal and symptomatic occlusive disease
of the aorta. Abdominal aortic aneurysms account for more than 8,500 deaths per year in …

The incidence of perioperative complications was retrospectively reviewed in 103 patients
who underwent replacement of the abdominal aorta from 1981 to 1987. Eighty-nine of the …

As in any surgical endeavor, the obvious goal in anesthesia for vascular surgical procedures
is to minimize patient morbidity and maximize the surgical benefit. The anesthesiologist may …

Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are the 13th leading cause of death in the United States
1 and approximately 40,000 patients undergo elective AAA repair each year. 2 With the …

Surgery on the abdominal aorta is a major undertaking with a 30-day operative mortality of
around 7%. Surgery is indicated to improve claudication in occlusive disease and to protect …

Résumé Les candidats à une chirurgie de l'aorte abdominale présentent souvent une
athérosclérose généralisée, avec hypertension et atteinte des circulations coronaires et …

Careful preoperative evaluation of patients undergoing vascular surgical intervention holds
great significance since this group of patients has almost the highest percentage of …

Anesthesia for abdominal aortic reconstruction can present some of the most difficult patient
management problems likely to be encountered by the anesthesiologist. Although the …