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Aneurysmal disease of the aorta affects 5% of the adult population in the United States and abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) are responsible for approximately 20,000 deaths per year, making it the 10th most common cause of death in males over age of 60 (Prisant and Mondy 2004; Scott et al. 1991; Spurgeon 2004). The majority of aneurysms are asymptomatic, most being diagnosed incidentally during physical examination or when undergoing abdominal imaging for an unrelated cause. Early diagnosis and treatment will dramatically improve the outcome of this lethal disease, since the mortality of an elective operation is approximately 2% (Blum et al. 1996).
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Lumsden, A., Peden, E., Bush, R., Lin, P., Ochoa, L., Nelson, J. (2009). Endovascular Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. In: Lumley, J., Hoballah, J. (eds) Vascular Surgery. Springer Surgery Atlas Series. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68816-7_17
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