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Rupture of a nonaneurysmal atherosclerotic infrarenal aorta
D J Goldstein1, R M Flores, G J Todd
1Department of Surgery, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, N.Y., USA.
Journal of Vascular Surgery
|November 14, 1997
Abstract:
We report a case of spontaneous rupture of a nonaneurysmal infrarenal aorta through an area of atherosclerotic thinning. Close follow-up, aggressive antihypertensive therapy, and serial imaging of asymptomatic patients with documented aortic ulceration is warranted. In symptomatic patients, surgical intervention should be undertaken so that transmural aortic rupture can be averted.