Off-label use of medication may be presented in these guidelines if a sufficient level of
evidence shows that it can be considered medically appropriate to a given condition and if …

The aorta is the 'greatest artery', through which oxygenated blood is delivered from the left
ventricle to end organs with each cardiac cycle (200 million litres of blood transported in an …

2.1. 1. Epidemiology and burden of the disease. The annual incidence of first episode of
symptomatic DVT in the adult population ranges from 50 to 100 per 100 000 population, with …

After studying medicine at Hanover Medical School and philosophy and social psychology
at the Leibniz University Hanover, Omke E. Teebken joined the Christian Albrechts …

1.1. Purpose The European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) has developed guidelines
for treating patients with acute limb ischaemia (ALI). The focus on the guidelines is on lower …

Abstract Objective The European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) has developed
clinical practice guidelines for the care of patients with aneurysms of the abdominal aorta …

Background Aortic aneurysms (AA) are pathological dilations of the aorta, associated with
an overall mortality rate up to 90% in case of rupture. In addition to dilation, the aortic layers …

Key Clinical Points Management of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Risk factors for abdominal
aortic aneurysm include advanced age, male sex, family history, previous or current use of …

Objective The objective was to investigate whether endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR)
has better peri-operative and late clinical outcomes than open repair for non-ruptured …

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) causes∼ 170 000 deaths annually worldwide. Most
guidelines recommend asymptomatic small AAAs (30 to< 50 mm in women; 30 to< 55 mm in …