Owing to AAA, between January 1991 and June 2005, 1,784 consecutive patients in our department underwent surgery. Of this population, 506 (28.36%) patients suffered from RAAA. Forty-one cases of ...

Question: What is an abdominal aortic aneurysm? Answer: The aorta is the largest artery in the body and it carries oxygen-rich blood from the heart. The aorta runs through the chest, where it is ...

THE complications of aneurysm of the abdominal aorta have frequently been discussed, but sudden occlusion has not been included among them. Spontaneous rupture into the retroperitoneal space, 1,2 the ...

IN a previous paper the literature was reviewed, and an unsuccessful attempt at surgical repair of a ruptured abdominal aneurysm occurring in a patient with Marfan's syndrome was reported.† The cases ...