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ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm

Etiology: - abdominal aortic aneurysm Clinical manifestations: - hypotension - pulsatile abdominal mass - flank pain Complications: - mortality 85-90% [2] Management: - emergency surgical repair - consider REBOA - endovascular repair - preferred method of repair [4] - no better than open repair [1] - 3-year mortality lower with endovascular repair [3] - 48% vs 56%, but not at 7 years 60% [3]

General

abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) ruptured aortic aneurysm

References

  1. IMPROVE trial investigators Endovascular or open repair strategy for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: 30 day outcomes from IMPROVE randomised trial. BMJ 2014;348:f7661 PMID: 24418950 http://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.f7661
  2. Kent KC Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. N Engl J Med 2014; 371:2101-2108. November 27, 2014. PMID: 25427112 http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMcp1401430
  3. IMPROVE Trial Investigators. Comparative clinical effectiveness and cost effectiveness of endovascular strategy vs open repair for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: Three year results of the IMPROVE randomised trial. BMJ 2017 Nov 14; 359:j4859. PMID: 29138135 Free PMC Article http://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j4859
  4. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. Society for Vascular Surgery In: Anello J, Feinberg B, Heinegg J et al New Clinical Practice Guidelines, February 2018. Medscape. February 07, 2018 https://reference.medscape.com/viewarticle/892328 - Glovicki P, Lawrence PF, Forbes TL. Update of the Society for Vascular Surgery abdominal aortic aneurysm guidelines. J Vasc Surg. 2018 Jan;67(1):1. http://www.jvascsurg.org/article/S0741-5214(17)32369-8/fulltext