Aortic and lower extremity arterial aneurysms

✍ Scribed by Jack H. Hirsch; Brian L. Thiele; Stephen S. Carter; Cheryl Colacurcio

• Book ID: 102329424
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1981
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 235 KB
• Volume: 9
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0091-2751
• DOI: 10.1002/jcu.1870090108

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A sonographic survey of 100 patients with suspected abdominal aortic, femoral, or popliteal arterial aneurysms was conducted over a period of 2 yr. Patients referred for suspected abdominal aortic aneurysms had a low incidence of associated lower extremity arterial aneurysms. Those patients referred for possible femoral or popliteal artery aneurysms frequently had multiple other peripheral arterial aneurysms. The authors recommend a survey scanning protocal in this subgroup with lower extremity aneurysms to rule out the presence of other aneurysms.