A large proportion of patients with small ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms are women and have chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Antti SiikaMoritz Lindquist LiljeqvistSayid ZommorodiOlga NilssonPatricia AnderssonT Christian GasserJoy RoyRebecka HultgrenPublished in: PloS one (2019)
More than one tenth of ruptures occur at smaller diameters, women continuously suffer an even higher risk of presenting with smaller diameters, and this must be considered in surveillance programs. The increased supra-renal aortic size index and PWRI are potential markers for rupture risk, and patients under surveillance with these markers may benefit from increased attention, and potentially from timely repair.
Keyphrases
- public health
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- abdominal aortic
- end stage renal disease
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- newly diagnosed
- pregnancy outcomes
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- working memory
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- risk assessment
- aortic valve
- left ventricular
- cervical cancer screening
- metabolic syndrome
- lung function
- insulin resistance
- adipose tissue
- case report
- cystic fibrosis
- human health
- patient reported
- pulmonary arterial hypertension