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 …

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 …

Objectives: We previously showed that peak abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) wall stress
calculated for aneurysms in vivo is higher at rupture than at elective repair. The purpose of …

Knowledge of the wall stresses in an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) may be helpful in
evaluating the need for surgical intervention to avoid rupture. This must be preceded by the …

Modern treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms began in Paris on March 29, 1951, when
Dubost performed the first successful aortic resection for aneurysm1. The following year …

Purpose: Risk for rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm is widely believed to be related to
its maximum diameter. From a biomechanical standpoint, however, risk is probably more …

Abstract Knowledge of the biomechanical behavior of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) as
compared to nonaneurysmal aorta may provide information on the natural history of this …

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 …