ALLMedicine™ Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Center

Jan 29th, 2023 - Macrophages play crucial roles in abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) formation through the inflammatory response and extracellular matrix degradation; therefore, regulating macrophages may suppress AAA formation. Interleukin-38 (IL-38) is a member of...

Jan 29th, 2023 - Obstruction of the duodenum by an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) (aortoduodenal syndrome) has rarely been reported. It presents with symptoms of upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract obstruction. Obstructive jaundice caused by an AAA is also extremel...

Jan 28th, 2023 - To assess safety and effectiveness of iliac branch devices (IBDs), as secondary procedure, for the treatment of type Ib endoleak or evolution of iliac arteries disease after prior endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) for thoraco-abdominal aortic aneu...

Jan 28th, 2023 - Pararenal abdominal aortic aneurysms (p-AAA) require complex endovascular aortic repair or open surgical repair with suprarenal clamping. Custom made devices (CMD), including fenestrated/branched endovascular aortic repair (F/B-EVAR) or off the sh...

Jan 27th, 2023 - Racial differences in elective abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair outcomes have been previously reported; however, data on racial differences in ruptured AAA (rAAA) repair outcomes remain limited. This study assessed in-hospital and long-term ...

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...

Jan 10th, 2023 - 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...

Jan 10th, 2023 - Open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair surgery is a high-risk operation, often performed on high-risk patients. Despite advancements made in diagnosis, management, surgical techniques and treatment of these patients, morbidity and mortality r...

Jan 5th, 2023 - This randomized controlled trial aim to determine the impact on renal function after treatment for infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm with stentgrafts either with active supra- or infrarenal fixation. Individuals are planned to be included throu...

Jan 4th, 2023 - Background: Traditional open surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is burdened with complication risk from several organ systems, and also mortality figures of 3.5 - 5.5%. Over 50% of early mortality can be attributed to cardiovascular compl...

Dec 22nd, 2022 - Abdominal aortic anuerysm (AAA) is associated with a decreased health-related quality of life (HRQoL) both at diagnosis and during surgical treatment, although recent studies report somewhat contradictory results. In qualitative research, it has b...

Dec 7th, 2022 - Note that some links may require subscriptions. The Leapfrog Group recognized 115 hospitals with its annual top hospital awards. Lawmakers agreed to allow language into the National Defense Authorization Act that would repeal the COVID vaccine man...

Dec 6th, 2022 - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an update to its January 2022 safety communication on the use of Endologix AFX endovascular grafts to treat patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). The update includes the following new i...

Nov 15th, 2022 - Efforts to screen for ascending aortic enlargement in the general population may be improved using a new prediction model based on common clinical variables easily gathered from medical records, researchers found. The AORTA clinical score was foun...

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Jul 13th, 2022 - Mendelian randomization studies appeared to bring researchers closer to establishing a causal association between smoking and a wider range of diseases. Genetic variation in smoking liability, subject to genetic alleles being randomly passed betwe...