abdominal aortic aneurysm

Case Report

Unusual Life-Threatening Complications of a Ruptured Infrarenal Aortic Aneurysm in a Young Adult

09/05/2008

A 34-year-old man presented with a ruptured infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm. He reported no previous symptoms or illness. His father died at the age of 46 years from a drug overdose. His mother died of AIDS at the age of 44 years. The...

A 34-year-old man presented with...

09/05/2008

Vascular Disease Management

Review

New Device Trials: The United States Multicenter Experience With the Powerlink

09/05/2008

Recently approved by the FDA for sale in the United States, and having been employed in Europe since 1999, the Powerlink device (Endologix, Inc.) is a unibody bifurcated endograft for repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA).

Recently approved by the FDA for...

09/05/2008

Vascular Disease Management

Case Report

Recanalization of Occluded Iliac Artery Allowing Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Stent Graft

09/05/2008

This case presents a patient scheduled to receive a femorofemoral bypass graft in conjunction with aortomonoiliac endograft. Initially, the patient was to undergo an endovascular stent graft repair for his abdominal aortic aneurysm and...

This case presents a patient...

09/05/2008

Vascular Disease Management

Original Research

EPics I Study: Evaluation of Possible Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (in Patients who have undergone Previous CABG)

09/05/2008

Carlo Dall’Olmo, MD, et al.
Michigan Vascular Center, Flint, Michigan

Carlo Dall’Olmo, MD, et al. Michigan ...

The validity, cost effectiveness and benefits of screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) in population-based studies have been clearly established. A number of large population-based, randomized screening trials have reported a...

The validity, cost effectiveness...

09/05/2008

Vascular Disease Management