Concomitant intra-abdominal diseases can significantly influence the prognosis in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms and have major impact on the planning and technical performance of aneurysm repair. Although the topic has been discussed for decades, questions as to which disease should have priority and the influence on the outcome of treatment are still controversial. 1'2 One explanati...

Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for metachronous thoracic aneurysms (M-TAA) after prior abdominal aneurysm has been shown to be associated with higher risk of spinal cord ischemia compared primary TEVAR. However, data regarding the impact type on outcomes are scarce. In this study, we examined perioperative and long-term mortality TEVAR M-TAA TAA. We identified all patients who unde...

www.thelancet.com Published online April 25, 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31110-8 1 Past studies have found that women have a lower prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm, develop abdominal aortic aneurysm at later ages, have higher rates of rupture, and have higher 30-day mortality and more complications from either open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair or endovascular repair ...

BACKGROUND The relationship between biomechanical properties and biological activities in aortic aneurysms was investigated with finite element simulations and 18F-fluoro-deoxy-glucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography. METHODS AND RESULTS The study included 53 patients (45 men) with aortic aneurysms, 47 infrarenal (abdominal aortic) and 6 thoracic (thoracic aortic), who had ≥1 18F-FDG p...

In a cross-sectional, population-based study in Tromsø, Norway, the authors investigated correlations between lumen diameter in the right common carotid artery (CCA) and the diameters of the femoral artery and abdominal aorta and whether CCA lumen diameter was a risk factor for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Ultrasonography was performed in 6,400 men and women aged 25–84 years during 1994–199...

In a cross-sectional, population-based study in Tromsø, Norway, the authors investigated correlations between lumen diameter in the right common carotid artery (CCA) and the diameters of the femoral artery and abdominal aorta and whether CCA lumen diameter was a risk factor for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Ultrasonography was performed in 6,400 men and women aged 25-84 years during 1994-199...