Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) are those of >3 cm aortic diameter. They run the risk of rupture and ensuing death by bleeding. In consequence, they are treated to repair the aneurysm before it ruptures. In this regard, the most relevant predictor of rupture is aneurysm diameter. That is, the greater the aneurysm, the greater the...
An FDA document recently published reminds doctors and patients of the need of annual follow up of abdominal aortic aneurysm patients receiving Endologix AFX endoprostheses, with imaging, and for life. The reason behind this recommendation is the risk of type III leaks. In 2019, the FDA had alerted us against this issue after finding a...
A new diagnostic tool might change the classical abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) cutoff thresholds of 5.5 and 5 cm for men and women, respectively. The new ultrasound speckle tracking technology can study AAA wall motion in real time and has the potential to become the new standard for diagnostic and therapeutic decisions. This study looked...
Watch again our Webinar on “Update in Thoracic and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms” on our Youtube account. We are interested in your opinion. Please, leave your comments, thoughts, questions, etc., below. They will be most welcome.
We are interested in your opinion. Please, leave your comments, thoughts, questions, etc., below. They will be most welcome.
Currently, there are no drugs to treat abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) outside those indicated as secondary prevention drugs. What this study shows is that diabetic patients treated with metformin had lower AAA incidence than diabetic patients treated without metformin, and even lower incidence than non- diabetic patients, as if metformin per se were a...
The last available evidence suggests that open surgery should be the preferred treatment for intact descending thoracic aortic aneurysms. However, this study recently published in J Am Coll Cardiol, seems to have steered the wheel. In this study, open surgery was associated to increased early mortality and lower late mortality. Despite this long-term benefit, mean...
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✔️ Watch again the Session on “Complex Pulmonary Hypertension and Aortic Endovascular Aneurysm” in the SOLACI-CACI 2021 Congress. 👨🏫 Program: SESSION I: Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension 02:48 – Definition, epidemiology, diagnostic algorithm and pharmacological treatment. – Pedro Trujillo 16:27 – Invasive Endovascular Strategies in Chronic PTE: Pulmonary Angioplasty – Fabio Solano 30:13 – Surgical Thromboendarterectomy....
Some European societies have recommended deferring the treatment of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) ≥5.5 cm during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, these documents have also suggested optimal deferral times, and everything must be adjusted according to the transmission risk/risk of rupture balance. Annual risk of rupture can be estimated based on a prospective cohort published by...