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 …

The Clinical Practice Council of the Society for Vascular Surgery charged a writing
committee with the task of updating practice guidelines, initally published in 2003, for …

Background Decision-making related to the care of patients with an abdominal aortic
aneurysm (AAA) is complex. Aneurysms present with varying risks of rupture, and patient …

Decision-making in regard to elective repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) requires
careful assessment of factors that influence rupture risk, operative mortality, and life …

These guidelines address the diagnosis and management of atherosclerotic, aneurysmal,
and thromboembolic peripheral arterial diseases (PADs). The clinical manifestations of PAD …

Background—Intervention to reduce abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) expansion and
optimization of screening intervals would improve current surveillance programs. The aim of …

Epidemiologic evidence suggests that patients with diabetes may have a lower incidence of
abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA); however, the link between diabetes and AAA …

Abdominal aortic aneurysm is a common condition that may be lethal when it is
unrecognized. Current guidelines suggest repair as the aneurysm diameter reaches 5.0 to …

Purpose: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) rupture is believed to occur when the
mechanical stress acting on the wall exceeds the strength of the wall tissue. Therefore …

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) disease is a degenerating process whose ultimate event
is the rupture of the vessel wall. Rupture occurs when the stresses acting on the wall rise …