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 …

Introduction: Diabetes mellitus appears to be negatively associated with abdominal aortic
aneurysm; however, the mechanisms underlying this relationship remain poorly understood …

We performed a meta-analysis to assess the association of diabetes mellitus (DM) with the
presence of thoracic aortic dissection (TAD) and/or thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) …

Purpose: To summarize the association of diabetes with abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture,
we reviewed currently available studies with a systematic literature search and meta-analytic …

Background Hypertension is positively associated with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)
presence, which supports a hypothesis that hypertension may also be positively associated …

Background Insulin resistance (IR) plays a key role in the development of type 2 diabetes
mellitus (T2DM) and is one of its most important characteristics. Previous studies have …

Background and purpose Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common metabolic disorder with
increased risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular complications. However, its …

We performed a systematic literature search and a meta-analysis to assess the association
between diabetes mellitus (DM) and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) growth. Databases …

Objective To determine whether an association of peripheral artery disease (PAD) with
abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) growth is positive, none, or negative, a meta-analysis of …

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a vascular disease with high mortality. Because of the
lack of effective medications to stop or reverse the progression of AAA, surgical operation …