Aortic Aneurysm (Aneurysm, Aortic)

07/01/2013 - "These findings imply that mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists may be effective in the treatment of some aortic aneurysms."
11/01/2013 - "Protective effects of selective mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist against aortic aneurysm progression in a novel murine model."
07/01/2013 - "Mineralocorticoid receptor agonists induce mouse aortic aneurysm formation and rupture in the presence of high salt."
07/01/2013 - "The current study describes a novel aortic aneurysm animal model induced by mineralocorticoid receptor agonist and high salt, and reveals a previously unrecognized but potentially significant role of aldosterone in the pathogenesis of aortic aneurysm. "
07/01/2013 - "However, whether aldosterone and the mineralocorticoid receptor are involved in aortic aneurysm is unknown. "

01/01/2014 - "Aortic aneurysms continue to be an important complication after CoA repair. "
01/01/2014 - "We sought to determine the diagnostic utility of echocardiography compared with advanced arch imaging (AAI) in diagnosing aortic aneurysms in pediatric patients after CoA repair. "
05/01/2001 - "In this age group stent management for CoA appears to be an effective technique and results in sustained reduction in CoA gradients at early term follow up, but aortic aneurysm was detected in 17% of patients who had repeat angiography."
04/04/2006 - "Aortic aneurysms and stent fractures have been encountered after surgical and transcatheter treatment for CoA. "
04/20/2015 - "No patient required further surgery because of a CoA; (2) in two cases, an aortic aneurysm was found with an angiogram performed immediately postdilatation and disappeared at 18 and 12 months of age, respectively; (3) tricuspid regurgitation and pulmonary hypertension improved in all patients; (4) all patients were doing well and were asymptomatic. "

08/01/2013 - "These preliminary data suggest that endovascular repair with PMEG is safe and effective for managing patients with juxtarenal aortic aneurysms. "
08/01/2013 - "To determine whether a physician-modified endovascular graft (PMEG) is a safe and effective method for treating patients with juxtarenal aortic aneurysms who are deemed unsuitable for open repair. "
09/01/2012 - "To determine if a physician-modified endovascular graft (PMEG) is a safe and effective method of treating juxtarenal aortic aneurysms in patients considered to be unsuitable for open surgical repair. "

11/01/1991 - "In 12 patients undergoing aortic aneurysm repair, SVO2 was monitored using a fiberoptic pulmonary arterial catheter, and oxygen uptake (VO2) was measured at 2-min intervals by a mass-spectrometer system. "
12/01/2013 - "The clinical objective was met in all patients: in lesions with stenosis, diameter increased from 5.9 mm (range: 1-13) to 9.9 mm (range: 8-17) [P < 0.01; 95% confidence interval (CI): 2.0-7.2]; oxygen saturations improved in the 2 patients after relief of the external pulmonary venous compression and in another an aortic aneurysm was excluded. "
08/01/1999 - "Oxygen-dependent chronic obstructive pulmonary disease does not prohibit aortic aneurysm repair."
07/01/2005 - "The studies have indicated that activation of free radical lipid peroxidation in the presence of ischemia/reperfusion and blood oxygen-transporting dysfunction plays an important role in the genesis of renal failure during surgical treatment for infrarenal aortic aneurysms. "
04/01/2007 - "This study sought to characterize the relevance of superoxide dismutases (SOD), a family of reactive oxygen catalyzing metalloenzymes, including manganese SOD (MnSOD), copper-zinc SOD (CuZnSOD), and extracellular SOD (EcSOD), in a rodent aortic aneurysm model. "

09/01/2014 - "They were diagnosed as aortic aneurysm associated chronic DIC. "
06/01/2014 - "The definitive treatment of DIC is removal of underlying disease; surgical repair for the aortic aneurysms. "
09/01/2012 - "We report herein a case of chronic DIC complicated with dissecting aortic aneurysm, whose resolution of chronic DIC achieved by 6 consecutive days of rTM has been maintained by once a week administration of rTM on an outpatient basis."
12/01/2009 - "Coagulation test demonstrated that these patients had DIC, and a diagnosis of chronic DIC secondary to aortic aneurysm was made. "
08/01/2009 - "Very seldom DIC leads to diagnosis of previously unknown aortic aneurysm. "

11/01/2009 - "Aortic aneurysms are frequent in the elderly who often suffer from relevant co-morbidities. "
02/01/2004 - "The characteristics of the 46 patients were as follows: male gender (74%), median age 71 years (IQR 59-76), high co-morbidity (89%), previously known aortic aneurysm (33%), pulseless electric activity (70%) as initial cardiac rhythm. "
01/01/2003 - "When underwriting individuals with aortic aneurysms, the following factors are used in risk selection: location, initial size, stability or velocity of change in size and co-morbid impairments. "
07/01/2009 - "An experimental study was done to investigate repair of type I endoleaks in thoracic aortic aneurysms using the T-Fix suturing device (Smith & Nephew Co, Ltd, London, United Kingdom). "
06/01/2003 - "Co-existing cardiovascular disease in the majority of patients together with chronic obstructive airways disease, renal impairment and hostile abdomen in some, has resulted in 1/3 of patients presenting with aortic aneurysms being regarded as high risk and unfit for open repair. "

01/01/2008 - "If these promising results are confirmed in human trials, losartan might have beneficial effects in the treatment of more common nonhereditary aortic aneurysms."
01/01/2014 - "Aortic aneurysms in these LDS mice were ablated by treatment with the Ang II type 1 (AT1) receptor antagonist losartan. "
01/01/2011 - "In established aortic aneurysms, losartan does not affect aortic architecture, but does improve survival. "
04/07/2006 - "Losartan, an AT1 antagonist, prevents aortic aneurysm in a mouse model of Marfan syndrome."
01/01/2015 - "TGF-β2 levels were reduced after losartan treatment, an angiotensin-II type-1 receptor blocker, known to prevent aortic aneurysm formation. "

10/01/2010 - "Percutaneous occlusion of the left subclavian and celiac arteries before or during endograft repair of thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms with detachable nitinol vascular plugs."
11/01/2008 - "To evaluate our initial experience with hypogastric artery occlusion using a nitinol vascular plug during endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR). "
11/01/2004 - "MRA is useful as a follow-up technique after endovascular repair of aortic aneurysms with nitinol endoprostheses."
11/01/1993 - "This experimental study evaluated the feasibility of excluding artificially created aortic aneurysms in dogs with transfemorally inserted nitinol stents, serving as intraluminal bypass. "
11/01/2004 - "We examined 28 patients treated with nitinol endovascular stents to repair an aortic aneurysm with CT angiography (CTA) and MRA. "

11/01/1998 - "[The treatment with low-molecular-weight heparin of disseminated intravascular coagulation secondary to an aortic aneurysm]."
01/01/2004 - "Long-term management of chronic DIC associated with inoperable aortic aneurysm with low molecular weight heparin."
06/01/2001 - "The purpose of this study was to establish the in vitro effects of a low molecular weight heparin (LMWH), nadroparin (Fraxiparine), on some functional parameters of peripheral granulocytes and lymphocytes isolated from control subjects and patients with aortic aneurysm or non-Q wave infarction. "

01/01/2012 - "Finally, a review of pharmacomodulation of the aortic aneurysm using statins, antibiotics, antihypertensive and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs is presented."
11/01/2011 - "The patient underwent a successful urgent open aortic aneurysm repair and completed a 6-week course of antibiotics."
01/01/2009 - "Clinical results of medical treatment using current antibiotics in patients with infected aortic aneurysm were poor. "
07/01/2004 - "With potent antibiotics and careful surveillance program, endovascular repair is a possible alternative to conventional open surgery in the management of mycotic thoracic aortic aneurysms, especially in high-risk patients."
07/01/1987 - "Widespread use of antibiotics and change in pathogenesis altered the bacteriology of infected aortic aneurysms. "

01/01/2009 - "Is aortic valve-sparing operation or replacement with a composite graft the best option for aortic root and ascending aortic aneurysm?"
11/01/2001 - "Composite graft aortic root replacement is a safe and effective therapy for proximal aortic aneurysm and dissection, resulting in good early and long-term results irrespective of the anastomotic technique. "
07/01/2001 - "Early experiences with endovascular grafts for thoracic aortic aneurysms have met with good to moderate success but have provided a framework for development of improved technologies specifically designed for this anatomic region. "
10/01/1986 - "These results confirm that the operative approach to ascending aortic aneurysms is superior to medical treatment, with the operative method involving vascular graft without concomitant aortic valve replacement as well as the method described by Wheat having both proved successful."
09/01/2009 - "Our findings suggest that while fenestrated and branched grafts hold promise for treating aortic arch conditions, hybrid endovascular repair may become the first choice for treating aortic aneurysms."

01/01/2013 - "The best option for repair of descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAA)-whether open operation or stent grafting-is increasingly a subject of controversy. "
01/01/2011 - "Endovascular stent grafting has the potential as a safe and useful treatment for thoracic aortic aneurysms, but further assessment is necessary of its efficacy over a longer postoperative period."
07/01/2005 - "Endovascular stent grafting shows potential as a safe and useful treatment for thoracic aortic aneurysms, but further investigation should attempt to determine its efficacy over a longer postoperative period."
09/01/2013 - "This study aims at evaluating the safety and efficacy of a porous stent system consisting of multiple overlapping uncovered stents in the treatment of complex aortic aneurysms with vital branches. "
07/01/2008 - "Endovascular management of chronic type B dissecting aortic aneurysm utilizing aortic and renal stents."

01/01/2008 - "Repair of an infected aortic aneurysm using an aortic allograft and a venous autograft: report of a case."
06/01/2007 - "Along to those, we present another possible indication in the presence of a kidney allograft in patients with aortic aneurysm. "
09/01/2006 - "The patient underwent resection of the aortic aneurysm and aortoplasty, using arterial homograft patch, and received immunosuppressive and anticoagulation therapy. "
07/01/2006 - "Secondly infected aortic aneurysm can be successfully treated by antibiotherapy and in situ replacement with cryopreserved arterial homograft."
07/01/1999 - "Pulmonary homograft repair of a mycotic aortic aneurysm in an infant."

01/01/1993 - "Thus, we believe that partial brachiocephalic perfusion under hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass is safe and effective in surgery for aortic aneurysms involving the aortic arch."
05/01/2011 - "Cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass is still the gold standard to treat ascending aortic aneurysms. "
03/01/2010 - "We performed a retrospective review of 6016 consecutive adult patients (coronary revascularisation with or without cardiopulmonary bypass - 3,613 patients; isolated single-, double- or triple-valve repair or replacement - 1,221 patients; CABG+valve repair or replacement - 563 patients; aortic aneurysm surgery - 228 patients; and other procedures - 391 patients). "
10/01/2008 - "Impact of pre-existing conditions, age and the length of cardiopulmonary bypass on postoperative outcome after repair of the ascending aorta and aortic arch for aortic aneurysms and dissections."
06/01/2007 - "In 20 adult patients with thoracic aortic aneurysms, the 5 temperature monitoring sites were recorded every 1 minute during deep hypothermic (<20 degrees C) cardiopulmonary bypass. "

08/01/2012 - "To present endovascular techniques in the treatment of juxtarenal aortic aneurysms (JAAAs) in relation to surgical repair; this is the "gold standard." Between January 2008 and December 2010, 90 consecutive patients were diagnosed with primary degenerative JAAAs (≥5.0 cm) and assigned prospectively to different operative strategies on the basis of morphologic and clinical characteristics. "
09/01/2007 - "This study demonstrates the therapeutic value of the hybrid open and endovascular procedure in anatomically challenging thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAAs) in high-risk patients. "
10/01/2015 - "No similar report of a giant infrarenal aortic aneurysm treated with an endovascular technique was found in the literature. "
01/01/2015 - "Total endovascular techniques to approach aortic aneurysms have extended management options and enabled patients who are unfit for open surgery to undergo repair. "
09/01/2014 - "Complex endovascular procedures (CEPs), such as fenestrated endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (FEVAR), are associated with high radiation doses, yet the prevalence of radiation-induced skin injury is unknown. "