ALLMedicine™ Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Center

Sep 25th, 2022 - The EVAR-2 trial suggested that endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) in patients unfit for open surgical repair (OSR) failed to provide a significant overall survival advantage compared to conservative management. The aim is to compare survival and...

Sep 24th, 2022 - We report a case of an infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm that developed acute onset thrombocytopenia and disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) after a previous coronary artery bypass grafting. Open surgical intervention was successfully ...

Sep 21st, 2022 - The aim of this study was to assess the agreement of multiplanar reconstruction (MPR) and semiautomated central lumen line (CLL) analysis of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA), with 3 different software workstations (WS1, WS2, WS3) and 2 experienced...

Sep 20th, 2022 - Combined Open Repair of an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm and Relief of a Left Ventricular Assist Device Outflow Graft Obstruction, a Case Report.|2022|Carroll D,Cios TJ,Coleman S,Han DC,Soleimani B,|

Sep 20th, 2022 - The impact of preoperative patent inferior mesenteric artery (IMA) on late outcomes following endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the specific influence of IMA patency on 7-year outcomes after EVAR....

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...

Sep 15th, 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.

Aug 17th, 2022 - Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), selective for inhibition of cyclooxygenase (COX)-2, alleviate pain and inflammation by suppressing COX-2-derived prostacyclin (PGI2) and prostaglandin (PG) E2 (1). However, eight placebo-controlled cl...

Aug 11th, 2022 - Although acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is more common in the elderly, its incidence in young patients is increasing. The exact pathogenetic mechanism of AMI in young patients remains largely unknown and involves the interaction of multiple gen...

Aug 9th, 2022 - An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a 'bulge' caused by weakness of the wall of the aorta (main blood vessel) in the section that travels down through the abdomen. An AAA can grow to a large size over time and it may burst (rupture), causing lif...

Aug 4th, 2022 - The study of demographics and risk factors for abdominal aortic aneurysms, allows to individualize treatment approaches. Determining of the results of treatment of patients who requires a late open conversion after EVAR will allow to develop the s...

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...