Management of symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysms following emergency computed tomography
β Scribed by Masahiro Matsushita, Teruo Ikezawa, Masayuki Sugimoto, Akihito Idetsu
- Book ID
- 120917405
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 268 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1436-2813
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## Summary The aim of this study was to evaluate computed tomography (CT) in the assessment of abdominal aortic aneurysms with particular reference to their longitudinal extent. Twenty-nine patients were examined by CT, 21 of whom came to surgery. Sixteen of these 21 patients were also examined by
The risk of rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm increases with size. It has thus been recommended that small aneurysms be continuously followed with some type of imaging technique to detect when aneurysm size constitutes an indication for surgery. The present study focuses on the growth rate of