Diagnosis, screening and treatment of abdominal, thoracoabdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms / edited by Reinhart Grundmann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grundmann, Reinhart T., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aortic aneurysms.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (426 pages)

Place of Publication:

IntechOpen 2011

Rijeka, Croatia : InTech, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book considers mainly diagnosis, screening, surveillance and treatment of abdominal, thoracoabdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms. It addresses vascular and cardiothoracic surgeons and interventional radiologists, but also anyone engaged in vascular medicine. The high mortality of ruptured aneurysms certainly favors the recommendation of prophylactic repair of asymptomatic aortic aneurysms (AA) and therewith a generous screening. However, the comorbidities of these patients and their age have to be kept in mind if the efficacy and cost effectiveness of screening and prophylactic surgery should not be overestimated. The treatment recommendations which will be outlined here, have to regard on the one hand the natural course of the disease, the risk of rupture, and the life expectancy of the patient, and on the other hand the morbidity and mortality of the prophylactic surgical intervention. The book describes perioperative mortality after endovascular and open repair of AA, long-term outcome after repair, and the cost-effectiveness of treatment.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (InTech, viewed October 22, 2022).

ISBN:

9789535164784

9535164783