Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
... Problem Abdominal aortic aneurysm is a segmental, full-thickness dilatation of the abdominal aorta exceeding the normal vessel diameter by 50%, although an aneurysm diameter of ...individual ...
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Small Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
... small abdominal aortic ...small abdominal aor- tic aneurysm, such as the case described in the vi- gnette, the first step is to counsel the patient to stop smoking and to recommend nicotine ...
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Transforming growth factor-β and abdominal aortic aneurysms
... [88] Nabel EG, Shum L, Pompili VJ, Yang ZY, San H, Shu HB, et al. Direct transfer of transforming growth factor beta 1 gene into arteries stimulates fibrocellular hyperplasia. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993;90:10759-63. ...
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Cysteine protease activity in the wall of abdominal aortic aneurysms
... aortic aneurysms Said Abisi, MRCS, a Kevin ...of abdominal aortic aneurysms ...the aortic wall of patients with aortic occlusive disease ...
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Abdominal aortic aneurysms and endovascular sealing: deformation and dynamic response
... 4 Russells Hall Hospital, The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, Dudley, UK Abstract Endovascular sealing is a new technique for the repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms. Commercially available in ...
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The role of osteoprotegerin in the development, progression and management of abdominal aortic aneurysms
... aortic aneurysms https://doi.org/10.1515/med -2020-0046 received November 6, 2019; accepted January 13, 2020 Abstract: Osteoprotegerin (OPG) appears to be a very promising marker both in the diagnosis of ...
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Differential regulation of matrix metalloproteinase activities in abdominal aortic aneurysms
... Matrix metalloproteinases 2 and 9 gelatinolytic activities are differentially regulated in artery homogenates of abdominal aortic aneurysms. The cru- cial role of MMPs in AAA pathogenesis prompted us ...
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Commentary: "Interference of Doxycycline Pretreatment in a Model of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms"
... Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) represents a complex pathophysiological process of weakening and dilatation of the aortic wall associated with atherosclerosis, chronic inflammatory response and ...
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Quantifying 18 F-sodium uoride uptake in abdominal aortic aneurysms
... Forsythe et al used the “most diseased segment” TBR max approach to measure 18 F-sodium uoride uptake in abdominal aortic aneurysms. [6] These values demonstrated higher signal for aneurysmal ...
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Analysis and computer program for rupture-risk prediction of abdominal aortic aneurysms
... The general consensus is that the peak wall stress is the best indicator of AAA rupture, although the maximum AAA diameter and growth rate as well as aneurysm asym- metry are very important and much easier to measure ...
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Trends in management of abdominal aortic aneurysms
... DISCUSSION In this study, we have described our experience over the past decade in managing AAAs with the increasingly fre- quent utilization of endovascular technology. It was not long ago that ⬍10% of elective AAA ...
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Passive biomechanics of abdominal aortic aneurysms
... human. Aneurysms B1 to B10 were reconstructed with the diagnostic software A4research (VASCOPS GmbH, Graz, Austria), which was applied by an operator with engineering background assisted by a radiologist to ensure ...
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Molecular imaging of abdominal aortic aneurysms
... 2017). Abdominal CT without contrast enhancement is equivalent to USS in terms of detecting AAA and is typically recommended in patients who cannot undergo ...assessing aortic size, the presence of ...
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Sparing Treatment of Thoracic and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
... Moreover, it is becoming clear that atherosclerosis per se is not probably the primary cause of the development and progression of the disease. The underly- ing conditions may involve molecular and genetic defects and ...
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Importance of NLRP3 Inflammasome in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
... aneurysmal aortic enlargement, and preserved medial elastin and smooth muscle cells 74) ...to aortic wall abrogated AAAs in alternative calcium AAA model 78) ...
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The Role of Transglutaminases in the Development of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
... that aortic resident macrophages and/or cells closely related to them, maintain ...this aortic niche “primes” macrophages to secrete pFXIII-A into the ...
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Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) exhibit characteristics
... which aneurysms occurred (from all mice regardless of AAA type), the mRNA levels of CD3, CD68, and MCP-1 were increased in aortas of both male and female EP4 ⫺/⫺ /LDLR ⫺/⫺ ...When aneurysms of the same ...
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Doxycycline inhibition of proteases and inflammation in abdominal aortic aneurysms
... the aortic wall, 7,8 and that it is thus unlikely that these proteases are directly responsible for the weakening of the aortic ...the aortic wall as ...
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MicroRNA expression signature in human abdominal aortic aneurysms
... control aortic tissue samples (Table 1 and Additional file 1: Table ...infrarenal abdominal aorta samples, but the three up regulated miRNAs failed to replicate (Figure ...
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Endovascular Treatment of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms with Hostile Aortic Neck Anatomy
... A marked advantage of EVAR is that its physiological impact is notably reduced compared with OR, because of the possibility of local anaesthesia and the avoidance of aortic cross clamping. A recent study by Gupta ...
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