Regarding “Expansion rates and outcomes for the 3.0-cm to 3.9-cm infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm”

An 18-cm unruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a significant source of morbidity and ranked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as the 15th leading cause of death among adults aged 60 to 64 years. Size confers the largest risk factor for aneurysm rupture, with aneurysms >6 cm having an annual rupture risk of 14.1%. We present the case of a 60-year-old man found on ultrasound imaging at a heal...

Drug Therapy for Small Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Dear Editor,Abdominal aortic aneurysm is often asymptomatic, less recognized, and causes considerable mortality and morbidity, if missed. The incidence varies from country to country and the occurrence is influenced by modifiable (smoking, coronary heart disease, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and prolonged steroid therapy) and non-modifiable risk factors (increasing age, male gender, and positive...

Infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm - comorbidity and results following open surgery

A 15 cm Diameter Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Case Report. Clinical and Operational Techniques

Abdominal aort anevrizmalar (AAA)’da rüptür riski, öncelikle çapları ve artış miktarı ile orantılıdır. Literatürde rüptürediseke AAA’larda maksimum çapı >13 cm çok az vaka bildirilmiştir ve genel yaş ortalaması 70 yaş üzeridir. Çapları büyük olan AAA’larda cerrahi yaklaşım çok zor olmaktadır. Bazı durumlarda uygulanabilir tek tedavi şekli , başarılı sonuçları ile açık cerrahi anevrizma tamiri v...

Surgical treatment of elderly patients with infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm

Background The traditional surgical treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is now well codified in vascular surgery with a perioperative mortality rate that has gradually declining in recent years. The introduction of endovascular techniques has led the indications for surgery to be reviewed. The results of surgery in patients over eighty are fairly well defined: it is encoded that age a...