abdominal aortic aneurysm
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with infrarenal and fusiform abdominal aortic aneurysms who had either undergone surgery for an abdominal aortic aneurysm or who were being followed up for small-diameter abdominal aortic aneurysm at Tohoku University Hospital from April 2012 to March 2016, and who had undergone at least two computed tomography scan
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: We excluded patients with inflammatory, infectious, or saccular abdominal aortic aneurysms, patients with inherited vascular disorders, such as Marfan syndrome, and patients on dialysis.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Abdominal aortic aneurysm expansion rate defined as the difference in the maximum short axis diameter between the follow-up and initial computed tomography scans divided by the interval between the scans and was expressed in a unit of mm/year | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Tohoku University Hospital Department of Transplantation, Reconstruction and Endoscopic Surgery