Embryologic Association of Tornwaldt's Cyst with Cerebral Artery Abnormalities and Infarction: A Case Report by Michael F. Osborn, Benjamin K. Buchanan, Nassim Akle, Ahmed Badr, Jun Zhang

“…We reported a twelve-year-old female stroke patient with Tornwaldt's cysts, whose father also suffered a stroke at age fifty two with the presence of an abdominal aortic aneurysm, suggesting a genetic influence in this case. …”
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An Off-Label Use of a Unibody Aortic Stent-Graft System for the Treatment of Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Dissections by Joseph Faraj, Rebekah L. W. Tan, Bibombe P. Mwipatayi

“…Thus, we present a novel use of the Endologix Anatomical Fixation 2 (AFX2) Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) endograft system for the treatment of four patients with IAAD. …”
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Secondary Aorto-Colonic Fistula: A Case Report and Literature Review of a Rare Complication after EVAR by Nattawadee Wiangphoem

“…This report describes a patient with lower GIB after an endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) for a symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Case Presentation: A 65-year-old man with a history of EVAR for symptomatic AAA presented with a massive lower GIB for two weeks. …”
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Early and Late Endograft Limb Proximal Migration with Resulting Type 1b Endoleak following an EVAR for Ruptured AAA by Patrick T. Jasinski, Demetri Adrahtas, Spyridon Monastiriotis, Apostolos K. Tassiopoulos

“…We report the case of a 65-year-old female who underwent emergent endovascular repair for a ruptured infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm and developed bilateral type 1b endoleaks following proximal migration of both endograft limbs. …”
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Postoperative “Chimney” for Unintentional Renal Artery Occlusion after EVAR by Marco Franchin, Federico Fontana, Filippo Piacentino, Matteo Tozzi, Gabriele Piffaretti

“…Renal artery obstruction during endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm using standard device is a rare but life-threatening complication and should be recognized and repaired rapidly in order to maintain renal function. …”
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Clinical Arterial Peripheral Vascular Pathology Does Not Impact Short- or Long-Term Survival after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement by Brent Klinkhammer

“…However, little postprocedural data exists on the outcomes in patients with clinical arterial peripheral vascular pathology [abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), carotid artery stenosis (CAS), and peripheral artery disease (PAD)] undergoing TAVR for severe aortic stenosis. …”
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Aortic Aneurysm as a Complication of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis Successfully Treated with Prednisolone and Cyclophosphamide: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Naoko Niimi, Tomoko Miyashita, Kana Tanji, Takuya Hirai, Kozo Watanabe, Keigo Ikeda, Shinji Morimoto, Iwao Sekigawa

“…A 57-year-old Japanese man was admitted to the hospital with back pain and fever, multiple lung nodules, and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Laboratory tests performed at admission showed an increased proteinase 3 anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (PR3-ANCA) level. …”
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Understanding the impact of racism on surgical outcomes in settler nation-states USA and Canada: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis by Mary Brindle, Oluwatomilayo Daodu, Tyara Marchand, Saffa Aziz, Ifeoluwa Adedipe, Mirna Matta

“…The procedures of interest will be the four most common (hip arthroplasty, knee arthroplasty, appendectomy and cholecystectomy), and the five highest risk (oesophagectomy, abdominal aortic aneurysm, aortic valve replacement, coronary artery bypass graft and pancreatectomy) surgical procedures performed in these countries. …”
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Application of three-dimensional printing in the planning and execution of aortic aneurysm repair by Harshank Patel, Paul Choi, Jennifer C. Ku, Rosemary Vergara, Rafael Malgor, Dhiren Patel, Yong Li

“…This review examines the application of 3D printing and AI in complex aortic aneurysm repair, highlighting current clinical trends.MethodsAn exhaustive literature review was performed using keywords such as “3D printing,” “Artificial intelligence,” “Thoracoabdominal aneurysm,” “Abdominal aortic aneurysm,” “Aortic arch aneurysm,” “Endovascular repair,” and “Open repair” in PubMed and Google Scholar indexes up to June 2022.ResultsThis analysis included seven studies: four focused on 3D-printed phantoms for endovascular repair of various aortic pathologies (aortic arch, thoracoabdominal aorta, juxtarenal and pararenal aorta), one on open thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair using 3D-printed models for graft construction, and two on the use of convolutional neural networks, an AI-based technology, for the pre-processing of aortic computed tomography angiography images.ConclusionThe application of 3D printing and AI-based image pre-processing in the planning of complex aortic aneurysms offers several benefits, including enhanced patient and trainee education, more accurate fenestration placement, reduced surgical time and complications, and decreased surgeon stress.…”
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Evaluation of Aneurysm Cases Undergoing Surgery at a Tertiary Center in Iran: A 22‐year Retrospective Study by Hamed Ghoddusi Johari, Keivan Ranjbar, Kimia Kassaee, Seyed Mohammadali Hoseini, Reza Shahriarirad

“…Specifically, an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is identified as an aortic diameter measuring at least one and a half times the standard diameter at the renal artery level, approximately equivalent to 2.0 cm. …”
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Hybrid Repair Combined with Fresh Arterial Allograft Extra-Anatomical Reconstruction: The Treatment of Infrarenal Abdominal Aneurysm above an Aortobifemoral Bypass Complicated by a... by Robert Novotny, Tomas Marada, Jiri Novotny, Jakub Kristek, Jaroslav Chlupac, Michal Kudla, Kvetoslav Lipar, Jiri Mendl, Jiri Fronek, Libor Janousek

“…Furthermore, the CTA revealed 11 cm juxtarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (JAAA) from which the proximal anastomosis of the ABF was arising. …”
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Stimulation of Alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Attenuates Nicotine-Induced Upregulation of MMP, MCP-1, and RANTES through Modulating ERK1/2/AP-1 Signaling Pathway in RAW264... by Liping Liu, Hongxian Wu, Qunan Cao, Zhenzhen Guo, Anmin Ren, Qiuyan Dai

“…Treatment with α7-nAChR agonist inhibits nicotine-induced upregulation of MMP and inflammatory cytokines through modulating ERK1/2/AP-1 signaling in RAW264.7 cells and AP-1 in MOVAS cells, providing a new therapeutic for abdominal aortic aneurysm.…”
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The Accuracy of the NSQIP Universal Surgical Risk Calculator Compared to Operation-Specific Calculators by Mark E. Cohen, PhD, Yaoming Liu, PhD, Bruce L. Hall, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS, Clifford Y. Ko, MD, MS, MSHS, FACS

“…Operation-specific risk calculators (OS-RC) and OS-RCs with operation-specific predictors (OSP-RC) were independently developed for each of 6 operative groups (colectomy, whipple pancreatectomy, thyroidectomy, abdominal aortic aneurysm (open), hysterectomy/myomectomy, and total knee arthroplasty) and 14 outcomes using the same 80%/20% rule applied to the appropriate subsets of the 5M records. …”
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Design of a Cost-Effective Ultrasound Force Sensor and Force Control System for Robotic Extra-Body Ultrasound Imaging by Yixuan Zheng, Hongyuan Ning, Eason Rangarajan, Aban Merali, Adam Geale, Lukas Lindenroth, Zhouyang Xu, Weizhao Wang, Philipp Kruse, Steven Morris, Liang Ye, Xinyi Fu, Kawal Rhode, Richard James Housden

“…Validation was conducted using an ultrasound-compatible abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) phantom created from patient CT data and healthy volunteer testing. …”
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A systematic analysis of the contribution of genetics to multimorbidity and comparisons with primary care dataResearch in context by Olivia Murrin, Ninon Mounier, Bethany Voller, Linus Tata, Carlos Gallego-Moll, Albert Roso-Llorach, Lucía A. Carrasco-Ribelles, Chris Fox, Louise M. Allan, Ruby M. Woodward, Xiaoran Liang, Jose M. Valderas, Sara M. Khalid, Frank Dudbridge, Sally E. Lamb, Mary Mancini, Leon Farmer, Kate Boddy, Jack Bowden, David Melzer, Timothy M. Frayling, Jane A.H. Masoli, Luke C. Pilling, Concepción Violán, João Delgado

“…Discordance between genetic and primary care data was also observed, e.g., abdominal aortic aneurysm and bladder cancer co-occurred in primary care but were not genetically correlated (Odds-Ratio = 2.23 [2.09:2.37], Rg = 0.04 [−0.20:0.28]) and schizophrenia and fibromyalgia were less likely to co-occur together in primary care but were positively genetically correlated (OR = 0.84 [0.75:0.94], Rg = 0.20 [0.11:0.29]). …”
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Stability of Membrane Elastodynamics with Applications to Cylindrical Aneurysms by A. Samuelson, P. Seshaiyer

“…The enlargement and rupture of intracranial and abdominal aortic aneurysms constitutes a major medical problem. …”
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Aortic Disease in the Young: Genetic Aneurysm Syndromes, Connective Tissue Disorders, and Familial Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections by Marcelo Cury, Fernanda Zeidan, Armando C. Lobato

“…In the absence of familial history and other clinical findings, the proportion of thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms and dissections resulting from a genetic predisposition is still unknown. …”
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Current Evidence and Insights about Genetics in Thoracic Aorta Disease by Gianluigi Bisleri, Lorenzo Bagozzi, Claudio Muneretto

“…Thoracic aortic aneurysms have been historically considered to be caused by etiologic factors similar to those implied in abdominal aortic aneurysms. However, during the past decade, there has been increasing evidence that almost 20% of thoracic aortic aneurysms may be associated with a genetic disease, often within a syndromic or familial disorder. …”
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Intraoperative rescue of a dislodged renal stent during fenestrated endovascular aortic repair for treatment of type 1A endoleak by Mario D’Oria, MD, Filippo Griselli, MD, Cristiano Calvagna, MD, Sandro Lepidi, MD

“…In the past 15 years, fenestrated-branched endovascular aortic repair (F-BEVAR) has progressively become the first-line option for management of most complex abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs); with increasing experience, as well as persistent technological refinements, F-BEVAR indications have been expanded to include rescue of failures after prior EVAR. …”
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Effect of Antrodia camphorata on Inflammatory Arterial Thrombosis-Mediated Platelet Activation: The Pivotal Role of Protein Kinase C by Wan-Jung Lu, Shih-Chang Lin, Chang-Chou Lan, Tzu-Yin Lee, Chih-Hsuan Hsia, Yung-Kai Huang, Hsiu-Chuan Lee, Joen-Rong Sheu

“…Critical vascular inflammation leads to vascular dysfunction and cardiovascular diseases, including abdominal aortic aneurysms, hypertension, and atherosclerosis. …”
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