Giant, 20 cm Diameter, Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Case Report

INTRODUCTION: The rupture risk of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) depends primarily on their diameter and increases exponentially with aneurysm growth. Therefore, giant AAAs, defined as > 13.0 cm in diameter, are rare clinical entities. REPORT: A giant ruptured AAA that measured >20 cm in di...

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Autores principales: Duijzer, Cathelijne, Schuurs, Thomas C., Wisselink, Willem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6357693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30734005
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvssr.2018.11.005
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description INTRODUCTION: The rupture risk of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) depends primarily on their diameter and increases exponentially with aneurysm growth. Therefore, giant AAAs, defined as > 13.0 cm in diameter, are rare clinical entities. REPORT: A giant ruptured AAA that measured >20 cm in diameter was successfully treated by open repair. CONCLUSION: It remains unclear why giant AAAs continue to grow to extreme size without rupturing. Open repair seems to be the treatment of choice for most giant aneurysms, both ruptured and unruptured.
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spelling pubmed-63576932019-02-07 Giant, 20 cm Diameter, Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Case Report Duijzer, Cathelijne Schuurs, Thomas C. Wisselink, Willem EJVES Short Rep Case Report INTRODUCTION: The rupture risk of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) depends primarily on their diameter and increases exponentially with aneurysm growth. Therefore, giant AAAs, defined as > 13.0 cm in diameter, are rare clinical entities. REPORT: A giant ruptured AAA that measured >20 cm in diameter was successfully treated by open repair. CONCLUSION: It remains unclear why giant AAAs continue to grow to extreme size without rupturing. Open repair seems to be the treatment of choice for most giant aneurysms, both ruptured and unruptured. Elsevier 2018-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6357693/ /pubmed/30734005 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvssr.2018.11.005 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Giant, 20 cm Diameter, Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Case Report
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title_full Giant, 20 cm Diameter, Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Case Report
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title_short Giant, 20 cm Diameter, Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Case Report
title_sort giant, 20 cm diameter, ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6357693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30734005
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvssr.2018.11.005
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