CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSMS ASSOCIATED WITH ASCENDING AORTIC ANEURYSMS AND ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSMS: PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC IMPLICATIONS
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Micromanaging Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
The contribution of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) disease to human morbidity and mortality has increased in the aging, industrialized world. In response, extraordinary efforts have been launched to determine the molecular and pathophysiological characteristics of the diseased aorta. This work aims to develop novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies to limit AAA expansion and, ultimately, r...
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positive with Staphylococcus aureus. Because of the uncertain diagnosis, we planned computerized tomography (CT) of the chest. Computerized tomography revealed a pseudoaneurysm of the ascending aorta (Fig. 4). The patient underwent emergency aortic surgery. Although, intensive management and antimicrobial therapy was given, she developed multiple organ failure and died in the postoperative peri...
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Aneurysms are common in our increasingly elderly population, and are a major threat to life and limb. Until the advent of vascular reconstructive techniques, aneurysm patients were subject to an overwhelming risk of death from exsanguination. The first successful repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm using an interposed arterial homograft was reported by Dubost in 1952. A milestone in the evol...
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This article is a Directed Reading. Your access to Directed Reading quizzes for continuing education credit is determined by your membership status and CE preference. The aorta is the largest artery in the human body. Originating from the left ventricle, it extends into the chest and down into the abdomen. The vessel is the main conduit for distributing oxygenated blood from the heart to the bo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(14)61847-7