Objective: Despite major advances in imaging techniques, correct diagnosis of acute aortic dissection is frequently missed. Although as many as one-third of acute cases of aortic dissection involve the abdominal aorta, emergency physicians rarely suspect this lethal disease in patients presenting with abdominal pain. Transabdominal sonography is typically employed by emergency physicians, but t...

Abdominal aortic aneurysm is included in the differential diagnosis of lower back pain. Although rare, this important disease can cause potentially lethal complications. In this case, expanding abdominal aortic aneurysm coexisted with intervertebral disc extrusion. The diagnosis of abdominal aortic aneurysm was delayed, putting the patient at risk of aneurysmal rupture. In the management of pat...

Objective: Prompt bleeding control with proximal aortic clamping and subsequent aortic repair are very important for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. However, unsuitable anatomy, such as short aortic neck length, not only disturbs the means to an expeditious repair, but may also increase morbidity and mortality. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate the efficacy of supraceliac aortic cl...

phy. There was, therefore, a real increase in the incidIntroduction ence of abdominal aortic aneurysms. Smoking could be one of the risk factors. Auerbach [2] noted eight Acquired abdominal aortic aneurysms classically are times more abdominal aortic aneurysms in smokers characterized anatomically by an unparallelism of the than in non-smokers. Abdominal aortic aneurysms are aorta edges, result...

In order to establish optimal management for aortoenteric fistula (AEF) the records of five patients treated for AEF (four aortoduodenal and one aortogastric fistula) were retrospectively reviewed. The arterial reconstruction procedures were selected according to the surgical findings, underlying cause, and patient status. In situ aortic reconstructions with prosthetic grafts were performed on ...