Are Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Patients at Increased Risk for Cardiovascular Diseases?
Onur Baris DolmaciSulayman El MathariAntoine H G DriessenRobert J M KlautzRobert E PoelmannJan H N LindemanNimrat GrewalPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2022)
The extreme cardiovascular risk associated with abdominal aortic aneurysms is location-specific and not explained by loss of aortic compliance. Thoracic aortic aneurysm, in contrast to abdominal, is not part of the atherosclerotic disease spectrum and, therefore, cardiovascular risk management does not need to be implemented in treatment guidelines of isolated thoracic aneurysms. Hypertension should be treated.
Keyphrases
- aortic aneurysm
- spinal cord
- abdominal aortic
- cardiovascular disease
- blood pressure
- magnetic resonance
- climate change
- heart failure
- type diabetes
- pulmonary artery
- magnetic resonance imaging
- spinal cord injury
- clinical practice
- metabolic syndrome
- coronary artery
- coronary artery disease
- contrast enhanced
- computed tomography
- pulmonary arterial hypertension