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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Studies from Kobe University, Medical Department yield new data on abdominal aortic aneurysm

Published in Cardiovascular Device Liability Week, October 21st, 2007

"The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of perioperative circulation on spinal cord during the repair of descending thoracic or thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms. From October 1999, 92 patients ( aged 66 +/- 13 years; 65 men) underwent the repair of descending thoracic ( n = 30) or thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm ( Crawford I, 9; II, 14; III, 35; IV, 4)," scientists in Kobe, Japan report.

"We measured the time duration of hypotension, defined as follows, and evaluated the relationship between the incidence of paraplegia and each duration: T1, systolic arterial pressure less than 80 mm Hg, or mean pressure less than 60 mm Hg during aortic...

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