Prevalence of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms in Patients with Degenerative Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: Results from the Prospective ACTA Study

CONCLUSION: This study confirmed that TAAs coexisting with AAAs are not rare, and one fifth of these TAAs are treated surgically. Systematic screening by imaging the whole aorta in patients with AAAs is clinically relevant and should lead to an effective prevention policy.PMID:33892987 | DOI:10.1016/j.ejvs.2021.03.004

Source: PubMed: Eur J Vasc Endovasc ... - April 24, 2021 Category: Surgery Authors: Marine Gaudry Pierre-Antoine Barral Arnaud Blanchard Sylvie Palazzolo Sonia Bolomey Virgile Omnes Mariangela De Masi Magali Carcopino-Tusoli Olivier Meyrignac Herv é Rousseau Alexis Jacquier Reda Hassen-Khodja Alessandra Bura-Rivi ère Jean-Michel Bartol Source Type: research