Abdominal aortic aneurysm

By J. Forsyth. Annals of Internal Medicine, 2004

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An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a serious condition, due to its frequency and high mortality with rupture; however, there is an improved outlook achieved with elective versus emergency repair. The drive is to identify these aneurysms early, so that patients can have surgical fixation in an elective setting. This article will highlight the areas where GPs are essential in improving the management of AAA, in particular, prompt diagnosis and referral of ruptured AAAs, and early AAA diagnosis through screening. It will also explore the different surgical options, with particular emphasis on the risks associated with AAA repair, especially in an emergency setting.

Subfields: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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Citations in the corpus

Analysis of risk factors for abdominal aortic aneurysm in a cohort of more than 3 million individuals. (2010, neutral): “Rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a high mortality event and usually the first and only clinical manifestation of aneurysmal dilatation of the abdominal aorta.(1) The in-hospital survival rate for treating a ruptured AAA”
The Society for Vascular Surgery practice guidelines on the care of patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm (2018, background): “infrarenal AAA OSR in most contemporary large singlecenter institutional reports has ranged from 1% to 4%.(109,430,431) Population-based studies, derived from state”
Intracranial and abdominal aortic aneurysms: similarities, differences, and need for a new class of computational models. (2008, neutral): “Whereas collagen turnover is likely a protective response to the loss of medial elastin and smooth muscle, localized imbalances between degradation and synthesis may be responsible in large part for eventual rupture (26,60).”