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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

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A 68-year-old man presented with an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) discovered on routine examination. A duplex scan revealed a 60-mm infrarenal aneurysm extending to the left common iliac artery. The patient was otherwise asymptomatic, with no abdominal or back pain. His medical history was significant for hypertension controlled by bitherapy, non-insulin-dependent diabetes diagnosed 5 years previously, claudication with a walking distance of 400 m, and a smoking history of 40 packs/year. He had no history of myocardial infarction (MI) or angina pectoris.

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  1. A. d’Audiffret
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Charing Cross Hospital and Ealing Hospital, London, UK

    George Geroulakos MD, FRCS, DIC, PhD (Consultant Vascular Surgeon and Senior Lecturer) (Consultant Vascular Surgeon and Senior Lecturer)

  2. University Hospital Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Hero van Urk MD, PhD, FRCS (Professor of Vascular Surgery) (Professor of Vascular Surgery)

  3. Division of Vascular Surgery, UMDNJ-NJMS, Newark, New Jersey, USA

    Robert W. Hobson II MD (Professor of Surgery and Physiology, Director) (Professor of Surgery and Physiology, Director)

  4. Section of Vascular Surgery, Pennsylvania Vascular Associates, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Keith D. Calligaro MD (Chief) (Chief)

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d’Audiffret, A., Becquemin, J. (2003). Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. In: Geroulakos, G., van Urk, H., Hobson, R.W., Calligaro, K.D. (eds) Vascular Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3870-9_2

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