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Expanding current EVAR indications to include small abdominal aortic aneurysms: a glimpse of the future
Efstratios Georgakarakos1, Christos V Ioannou, George S Georgiadis
1Department of Vascular Surgery, Demokritos University of Thrace, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Greece. efstratiosgeorg@gmail.com
Abstract:
The traditional criterion of maximum transverse diameter is not sufficient to differentiate the small abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) that are either prone to rupture or prone to enlarge rapidly. Wall stress may be a more reliable indicator with respect to these tasks. We review the importance of geometric features in rupture- or growth-predictive models and stress the need for further evaluation and validation of geometric indices. This study may lead to identifying those small AAAs that could justify early endovascular intervention.
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