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Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) is a type of minimally-invasive endovascular surgery used to treat pathology of the aorta, most commonly an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). When used to treat thoracic aortic disease, the procedure is then specifically termed TEVAR for "thoracic endovascular aortic/aneurysm repair."
Similar to AAA, IAA occurs in the abdominal region. [1] IAA is closely associated and believed to be a response to and extensive peri-aneurysmal fibrosis, [ 2 ] which is the formation of excess fibrous connective tissue in an organ or tissue in a reparative or reactive process IAA accounts for 5-10% of aortic aneurysms.
In 2003, OAS was surpassed by endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) as the most common technique for repairing abdominal aortic aneurysms in the United States. [1] Depending on the extent of the aorta repaired, an open aortic operation may be called an Infrarenal aortic repair, a Thoracic aortic repair, or a Thoracoabdominal aortic repair. A ...
Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, died from an abdominal aortic aneurysm in 2008, at the age of 69. Harvey Korman died on May 29, 2008, aged 81, at UCLA Medical Center as the result of complications from a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm he had suffered four months earlier. He is interred at Santa Monica's Woodlawn Cemetery.
The most common cause is an abdominal aortic aneurysm that has ruptured spontaneously. Aortic rupture is distinct from aortic dissection , which is a tear through the inner wall of the aorta that can block the flow of blood through the aorta to the heart or abdominal organs .
The probability of these complications depends on the age of the patient and the type of operation. [7] Typical complications are blood clot formation on the valve or dislodgment of thrombus (embolism); bleeding complications are commonly a consequence of "blood-thinning" medication needed to prevent clots (anticoagulation).
Early Morbidity and Mortality Within 30 days of hospitalization, morbidity and mortality after Bentall procedure are associated with complications stemming from cardiac arrhythmia, pneumonia, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), sepsis, graft infection, wound infection, neurologic/ cerebrovascular accident and stroke, hemorrhage/ bleeding, myocardial infarction, pericardial effusion ...
[1] [4] It is an alternative to a mechanical valve replacement, particularly in children and young adults. [7] It avoids the need for thinning the blood, has favourable blood flow dynamics and the valve grows as the person grows. [7] The most common reason for performing the Ross procedure in children and young adults is for bicuspid aortic ...