There is substantial international variation in mortality rates after treatment
for abdominal aortic aneurysm, or enlargement of the aorta.
When compared to elective surgery, emergency surgery was 30 percent more expensive
for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, 17 percent more expensive for coronary artery bypass graft and 53 percent more expensive for colon resection.
Not exact matches
Thoracic
aortic aneurysm and dissection (TAAD), an enlargement or tearing of the walls of the aorta in the chest, is, together with
abdominal aortic aneurysms, responsible
for about 2 % of all deaths in Western countries.
In new findings published online in the journal Annals of Surgery on December 19, 2014, researchers determined the hospital costs and risk of death
for emergency surgery and compared it to the same operation when performed in a planned, elective manner
for three common surgical procedures:
abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, coronary artery bypass graft and colon resection.
Sampson UK, Perati RR, Prins PA, Pham W, Liu Z, Harell F, Linton MF, Gore JC, Kon V, Fazio S. Quantitative estimates of variability of in vivo ultrasound imaging measurements of mouse aorta important
for studies of
abdominal aortic aneurysms and related arterial diseases.
Quantitative estimates of the variability of in vivo sonographic measurements of the mouse aorta
for studies of
abdominal aortic aneurysms and related arterial diseases.
Points to novel pathway
for drug discovery, will be incorporated into tests to improve screening and early detection of
abdominal aortic aneurysm, heart attack and PAD Reykjavik, ICELAND, 11 July 2010 — Scientists at deCODE genetics and academic colleagues from the...
$ 2,200,000.00
for a failure to diagnose an
abdominal aortic aneurysm in a 68 year old man who passed away as a result.