Sealed rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysms

Outcome after surgical repair of sealed rupture abdominal aortic aneurysms: a case-control study.

OBJECTIVE To establish, in a case-control study, the early mortality and long-term survival after surgical correction of sealed rupture abdominal aortic aneurysm, compared to controls who underwent standard, nonruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. PATIENTS AND METHODS From January 1992 to December 2002, 465 patients underwent infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Of those, 13 had...

Commentary: Computational Biomechanics-Based Rupture Prediction of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms.

Seasonal variations in the rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysms.

From 1982 to 1994, 54 patients (47 men; mean age 72 years) were referred to the Hospital of Ferrara, Italy for spontaneous rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm. Sixteen died in the emergency department and 38 underwent urgent surgery. Day and month of onset of acute symptoms leading to urgent surgery were recorded. A seasonal variation with significant peaks in spring and autumn was found. Thes...

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...

Abdominal aortic aneurysms.

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...