Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Data from University of Heidelberg provide new insights into abdominal aortic aneurysm
Published in Cardiovascular Device Liability Week, May 25th, 2008
"With increasing age of the general population, a higher awareness of the disease, better screening methods and the option of less invasive therapeutical strategies, the incidence of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) is rising steadily. Since AAA is a disease of the elderly patient with generalized atherosclerosis, there is a high coincidence with other vascular morbidities," investigators in Heidelberg, Germany report.
"Especially the presence of coronary artery disease and concomitant left ventricular dysfunction proves many of those patients to be cardiac high risk patients with respect to an operative approach. On the other hand, a high coincidence of severe...
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