Objective There is currently no medical treatment proven to limit abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) progression. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to pool data from previous ...

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 ...

Basic information regarding the size, shape, and position of abdominal organs can be seen with abdominal X-rays. Stones in the gallbladder, kidneys, or ureters may be seen. Calcification of the aorta ...

Aortic pulse wave velocity (aPWV), a noninvasive measure of vascular stiffness, is an independent predictor of cardiovascular disease both before and in overt vascular disease. Its characteristics in ...

Previous studies of adult mammalian thoracic aortas revealed that tension per medial lamellar unit was independent of species and that distribution of medial vasa vasorum, number of medial lamellar ...

The normal diameter of the ascending aorta has been defined as <2.1 cm/m2 and of the descending aorta as <1.6 cm/m2.1 The normal diameter of the abdominal aorta is regarded to be less than 3.0 cm. The ...

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The segmentation of the abdominal aorta in non-contrast CT images is a non-trivial task for computer-assisted endovascular navigation, particularly in scenarios where contrast agents are unsuitable.