Incidence aneurysms

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The endovascular procedure is most frequently used to treat infrarenal AAAs that are a leading cause of death in the older population, As our population ages, we will encounter AAAs more frequently than ever before. An aneurysm is defined by a size greater than 5 cm or 2.5 times the normal diameter of the native artery. Most aneurysms begin below the renal arteries and end close to the iliac bifurcation. More complicated AAAs exist involving the suprarenal aorta and visceral vessels and extending into the iliac arteries. The prevalence of AAAs is 3% to 10% for patients older than 50 years (I). They occur more frequently in men and reach a peak incidence close to the age of 80 years. AAA rupture is associated with an 80% to 90% mortality rate and therefore the focus of AAA treatment is on intervening before the aneurysm ruptures elective repair has mortality rate of less than 5%. 

Verzini F Cao R De Rango R et al. Conversion to open repair after endografting for abdominal aortic aneurysm causes, incidence and results. Eur J Vase Endovasc Surg 2006 31(2)4 36-142. 

Primary intracerebral hemorrhage is more common than subarachnoid hemorrhage, and its incidence increases with age (see Fig. 1.1). It is more frequent in Southeast Asian, Japanese and Chinese populations than in whites. The most common causes are intracranial small vessel disease, which is associated with hypertension, cerebral amyloid angiopathy and intracranial vascular malformations (Sutherland and Auer 2006). Rarer causes include saccular aneurysms, hemostatic defects, particularly those induced by anticoagulation or therapeutic thrombolysis, antiplatelet drugs, infective endocarditis, cerebral vasculitis and recreational drug use (Neiman et al. 2000 O Connor et al. 2005). 

Kassell NF, Torner JC, Jane JA et al (1990b). The International Cooperative Study on the Timing of Aneurysm Surgery. Part 2 Surgical results. Journal of Neurosurgery 73 37-47 Linn FHH, Rinkel GJE, Algra A et al. (1996). Incidence of subarachnoid haemorrhage. 

Fibrillin is encoded by a gene located in the long arm of chromosome 15. Mutations in the fibrillin gene lead to an autosomal dominant trait known as Marfan s syndrome. The incidence of this disorder is 1 10,000, and 15-30% of cases are caused by new mutations in the fibrillin gene. Consistent with the function of fibrillin in the elastic connective tissues, the clinical manifestations present as disorders of cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, and opthalmic systems. For example, dissecting aneurysm of... 

The majority of patients who develop significant bleeding as a complication of pancreatitis do so because of associated upper gastrointestinal ulceration and inflammation. Occasionally portal vein thrombosis can lead to variceal bleeding [4], Neither of these pathologies is within the remit of this chapter. The estimated incidence of visceral aneurysm development in patients with pancreati-... 

Although the incidence of serious complications such as colonic, lumbosacral plexus, or buttock necrosis is low after IIA embolization, the incidence of claudication and sexual dysfunction is high enough to warrant preservation of the IIA circulation if possible. In final analysis, the decision whether to embolize an IIA or not should be weighed against the potential risks and benefits of the other therapeutic alternatives. The risk of development of such symptoms as claudication or sexual dysfunction may outweigh the hazards of IIA revascularization or aneurysm rupture and death if no action is taken. 

A significant percentage of adverse events are associated with a surgical procedure. For instance, in the Utah Colorado Medical Practice Study, the annual incidence rate of adverse events amongst hospitalized patients who received an operation was 3%, of which half were preventable. Some operations, such as extremity bypass graft, abdominal aortic aneurysm repair and colon resection, were at particularly high risk of preventable adverse events (Thomas et al, 2000b Thomas and Brennan, 2001). 

Endovascular prosfheses, assembled from tubular textile fabric and wire stent components, are deployed and expanded non-invasively from catheters for the rq>air of aneurysms in medium and large caliber arteries. Now that the implantation procedure is no longer experimental and these devices are becoming widely accepted and used for a growing cohort of patients, so the incidence of reported cases of late complications continues to grow. Observations from our own implant retrieval programme have led us to report that certain styles and models of endovascular prostheses are associated with particular failure mechanisms, such as endoleaks, migration, thrombosis, stent disruption, as well as fabric distortion and perforation. 

Australian, British and American surgeons have looked at the intermediate results of the US trial for the fenestrated graft to evaluate the safety and shortterm effectiveness of the device.Thirty patients with short proximal necks were enrolled in the trial and treated with the Cook Zenith custom-fenestrated devices. None of the visceral arteries, renal or superior mesenteric, were lost as a result of the surgery. After 24 months there were no aneurysm-related deaths, ruptures, or conversions to open surgeries. There were 6 incidences of type II endoleak at 12 months and 4 at 24 months. In all patients the diameter... 

The mortality rate at 24 months was 86% however, none of these deaths were complications from aneurysms. The majority of the endoleaks found in follow-ups were type II. There was one example of a type III endoleak resulting from the fenestration. However, this fenestration had not been stented due to renal stenosis and a resulting inability to catheterize. The four incidences of renal artery occlusion found in follow-ups did not result in a need for hemodialysis. Overall there was a decrease in renal artery performance in 10% of patients (Ricco, 2010 Amiot 2010). 

McCann F (1962) The incidence and value of radiological signs of scurvy. Brit J Radiol 35 636-686 Maiya S, Davies AM, Evans N, Grimer RJ (2002) Surface aneurysmal bone cysts a pictorial review. Eur Radiol 12 99-108... 

In fact, as was shown by Hillman (2001), the rupture of an AVM is as devastating as that of an aneurysm. While aneurysm rupture is more lethal than AVM rupture (21% vs 9%), a good outcome is obtained less frequently in AVM than in aneurysm ruptures (49% vs 56%), due to the high incidence of parenchymal hematoma. 

Brown RD, Wiebers DO, Forbes G et al. (1988) The natural history of unruptured intracranial arteriovenous malformations. J Neurosurg 68 352-357 Brown RD, Wiebers DO, Forbes GS (1990) Unruptured intracranial aneurysms and arteriovenous malformations and relationship of lesions. J Neurosurg 73 859-863 Brown RD Jr, Wiebers DO, Torner JC, O Fallon WM (1996a) Incidence and prevalence of intracranial vascular malformations in Olmsted County, Minnesota, 1965 to 1992. Neurology 46 949-952... 

In other words, the incidence of intracranial aneurysms is between 8% and 9% in persons with two or more relatives who have had an aneurysm or a SAH (RAAYMAKERSetal. 1998b RONKAINEN et al. 1997). This was confirmed by Ok amoto et al. (2003). They found that the SAH risk was elevated when (1) any first degree relative had a positive episode of SAH,... 

The incidence of SAH in the Western hemisphere is around 6-10 per 100,000 people per year, peaking in the sixth decade with risk for SAH increasing linearly with age. The incidence of SAH in some other countries like Finland or Japan is known to be higher - about 15/100,000 per year - although the prevalence of intracranial aneurysms in Finland is similar to other countries comparable Japanese data regarding prevalence of intracranial aneurysms are lacking. SAH accounts for a quarter of cerebrovascular deaths. 

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