ALLMedicine™ Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Center

May 23rd, 2022 - Prior analysis predicted a shortfall in open abdominal aortic repair (OAR) experience for vascular trainees resulting from the rapid adoption of and increased anatomic suitability of endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) technology. We explored how EV...

May 21st, 2022 - The purpose of our study was to describe perioperative kinetics of procalcitonin (PCT) in patients undergoing aortic surgery, to compare the kinetics in the open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair and aortobifemoral bypass for aortoiliac occlu...

May 21st, 2022 - ANCA-associated vasculitis is an autoimmune disease that usually involves the small vessel walls. It is difficult to find the presence of ANCA-associated vasculitis in the great arteries, especially the thoracic and abdominal aorta. This is an 86-...

May 17th, 2022 - Ischemic colitis (IC) is a known significant complication after repair of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA). Lower endoscopy (colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy) is a helpful adjunct to aid decision making for surgical exploration. We...

May 16th, 2022 - Sex, racial, and ethnic disparities in post-operative outcomes following abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair have been described, but differences in long-term outcomes are poorly understood. Our aim was to identify differences in 5-year outcome...

May 23rd, 2021 - Society for Vascular Surgery implementation of clinical practice guidelines for patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm: Postoperative surveillance after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.|2021|Rokosh RS,Wu WW,Schermerhorn M,Chaikof EL,|diagnost...

Mar 31st, 2021 - The 2021 guidelines primary panel selected clinically relevant questions and produced updated recommendations, on the basis of important new findings that have emerged since the 2016 guidelines. In patients with clinical atherosclerosis, abdominal...

Feb 7th, 2021 - Society for Vascular Surgery implementation of clinical practice guidelines for patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm: Repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.|2021|Rokosh RS,Starnes BW,Chaikof EL,|diagnostic imaging,mortality,surgery,diagnost...

Dec 11th, 2019 - An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is typically defined as aortic enlargement with a diameter of 3.0 cm or larger. The prevalence of AAA has declined over the past 2 decades among screened men 65 years or older in various European countries. The c...

Dec 23rd, 2017 - 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-specific factors influence anticipated life expectancy, operative risk, and need to in...

May 16th, 2022 - Open surgery of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) is the reference treatment in a large number of cases. This is a heavy procedure performed in patients around 70 years of age. In post-operative open aortic surgery, a stay in aftercare and rehabili...

May 9th, 2022 - This is a controlled, open-label, 3-arm parallel group, multi-center study in patients diagnosed with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) to evaluate the AAA annual growth rate in adult smokers randomized to either continue smoking combustible cigaret...

May 9th, 2022 - This trial will take place at the Grenoble Alpes University Hospital. Volunteer anaesthetists, nurse anaesthetists, professionals or students will perform a simulation scenario. This scenario generates a high level of stress and focuses on medicat...

May 5th, 2022 - This study is a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, multicenter clinical study to test the research hypothesis that low-dose colchicine (0.5 mg/d) can delay the progression of AAA. The study will enroll patients with infrare...

Mar 31st, 2022 - Endovascular aneurysm repair is currently a wide spread therapeutic option due to a lower 30-day morbidity/mortality compared with open repair (OR), especially in patients with high surgical risk. The routinary EVAR technique requires the use of i...

Jan 31st, 2022 - Guidelines on popliteal artery aneurysms (PAAs) were published in January 2022 by the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) in the Journal of Vascular Surgery.[1] The SVS has provided a summary of their recommendations, as outlined below. Grade 1 (St...

Nov 24th, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients undergoing endovascular repair of an intact abdominal aortic aneurysm have a lower risk of death in the short term than do those undergoing open surgery, according to new findings. But the picture changes over ...

Apr 22nd, 2021 - Nearly 1 in 5 postsurgical hospital readmissions are potentially preventable, and failure to prevent them costs the healthcare system almost $300 million annually, according to a retrospective cohort study of data from the National Readmissions Da...

Mar 23rd, 2021 - Combining bempedoic acid (Nexletol), ezetimibe (Zetia), and atorvastatin cut low-density lipoprotein cholesterol by 60.5% versus placebo in a small phase II trial. (Atherosclerosis) A meta-analysis supported genetic testing prior to prescribing a ...

Dec 31st, 2020 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The Albumin-Bilirubin (ALBI) score more accurately predicted outcomes in patients undergoing pulmonary, elective colorectal and adrenal operations than the Model for End Stage Liver Disease-sodium (MELD-Na) in a medical...