Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a localized enlargement of the abdominal aorta such that the diameter is greater than 3 cm or more than 50% larger...
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can occur. One review stated that up to 81% of people having abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture will die, with 32% dying before reaching a hospital. According...
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the aneurysm leading to nearly instant death. Thoracic aneurysms are less common than an abdominal aortic aneurysm. However, a syphilitic aneurysm is more...
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include aneurysms of the circle of Willis in the brain, aortic aneurysms affecting the thoracic aorta, and abdominal aortic aneurysms. Aneurysms can arise...
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The most common cause is an abdominal aortic aneurysm that has ruptured spontaneously. Aortic rupture is distinct from aortic dissection, which is a tear...
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aneurysm repair (EVAR) is a type of minimally-invasive endovascular surgery used to treat pathology of the aorta, most commonly an abdominal aortic aneurysm...
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ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, diverticulitis, or ectopic pregnancy. In a third of cases, the exact cause is unclear. The onset of abdominal pain can...
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syndrome; a bicuspid aortic valve; and previous heart surgery. Major trauma, smoking, cocaine use, pregnancy, a thoracic aortic aneurysm, inflammation of...
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abdominal aortic aneurysm of 4.8 by 3.8 cm The standard aortic measurement on abdominal ultrasonography, such as used for abdominal aortic aneurysms,...
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description of sinus of Valsalva aneurysm was made in 1939. Aortic aneurysm Thoracic aortic aneurysm Abdominal aortic aneurysm Topi, Bernard; John Jinu (2012)...
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graft. OAS is used to treat aneurysms of the abdominal and thoracic aorta, aortic dissection, acute aortic syndrome, and aortic ruptures. Aortobifemoral...
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Vascular surgery (section Aortic aneurysms)
Diethrich performed the first endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. Dietrich trained several future leaders in...
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the abdominal aorta to detect or exclude abdominal aortic aneurysm. For this purpose, the standard aortic measurement for abdominal aortic aneurysm is...
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can also be caused by non-traumatic mechanisms, particularly abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture. Symptoms are often unreliable, but include severe tearing...
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Albert Einstein (category Deaths from abdominal aortic aneurysm)
Einstein experienced internal bleeding caused by the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm, which had previously been reinforced surgically by Rudolph Nissen...
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Computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis (redirect from Abdominal and pelvic CT)
pain). Renal stones, appendicitis, pancreatitis, diverticulitis, abdominal aortic aneurysm, and bowel obstruction are conditions that are readily diagnosed...
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Ischemic colitis (redirect from Abdominal thrombosis)
well-recognized complication of abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, when the origin of the inferior mesenteric artery is covered by the aortic graft. In a 1991 review...
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Pseudoaneurysm (redirect from False ventricular aneurysm)
left ventricular aneurysm involves the apex of the heart. A pseudoaneurysm can also occur in the aorta as a consequence of traumatic aortic rupture. Outside...
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thoracic aortic aneurysm is an autosomal dominant disorder of large arteries. There is an association between familial thoracic aortic aneurysm and Marfan...
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Inflammatory aortic aneurysm (IAA), also known as Inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm (IAAA), is a type of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) where the...
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spasm to keep the tender underlying tissues from being disturbed. Abdominal aortic aneurysm Appendicitis Blunt force trauma to the abdomen Bowel obstruction...
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Arterial dissections (redirect from Aneurysm, dissecting)
perfusion of the true lumen and the related end organs. For example, in an aortic dissection, if the left subclavian artery orifice were distal to the origin...
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follow up. A management protocol on the management of mycotic abdominal aortic aneurysm was recently published in the Annals of Vascular Surgery by Premnath...
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compression by pancreatic cancer, retroperitoneal tumors, and abdominal aortic aneurysms. Although other subtypes exist, these causes are more uncommon...
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the posterior of the peritoneum), an abdominal aortic aneurysm, or various tumours, such as those caused by abdominal carcinomatosis and omental metastasis...
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An intracranial aneurysm, also known as a cerebral aneurysm, is a cerebrovascular disorder characterized by a localized dilation or ballooning of a blood...
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ulceration 441 Aortic aneurysm and dissection 441.0 Aortic Dissection 441.3 Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, ruptured 441.4 Abdominal aortic Aneurysm, w/o rupture...
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retroperitoneal haemorrhage, which occurred following surgery to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Dennis Andrew Nilsen was born on 23 November 1945 in Fraserburgh...
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Gary Gygax (category Deaths from abdominal aortic aneurysm)
avoided a subsequent heart attack; he was then diagnosed with an abdominal aortic aneurysm and died in March 2008 at age 69. Following Gygax's funeral, many...
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