ALLMedicine™ Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Center

May 27th, 2022 - Endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) surveillance relies on serial measurements of maximal diameter despite significant inter- and intra-observer variability. Volumetric measurements are more sensitive but general use is hampered by the time required...

May 24th, 2022 - Several studies have demonstrated advantages of the retroperitoneal approach (RP) over the transperitoneal approach (TP) for infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair. We performed a retrospective analysis comparing the outcomes of TP vers...

May 24th, 2022 - This study aimed to derive a novel classification of blood flow pattern in AAA based on computational fluid dynamics, and determine the predicting value of flow pattern in abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) rupture. Age, gender matched case-control s...

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 23rd, 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 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 23rd, 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 - To determine the safety and efficacy of IMPEDE-FX Embolization Plug and/or IMPEDE-FX Rapid Fill to fill an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) sac outside of an endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) stent graft.

Apr 28th, 2022 - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) is a life threatening disease. Endovascular repair of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms (EVAR) has replaced open surgical repair as the standard of care treatment for most patients. Endovascular repair offers se...

Apr 12th, 2022 - Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) develops in the context of atherosclerosis or infection (aortitis or mycotic aneurysm). AAA and its surgery are associated with pro-thrombotic modifications of hemostasis, which persists in the post-operative period...

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...