INTERVENTION OR SURVEILLANCE? CURRENT EVIDENCE IN VISCERAL ARTERY ANEURYSMS

February 2, 2016
Written by Renwick B., Beattie C., Khan K., et al.
Published in Vascular Surgery
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Bryce Renwick¹, Catherine Beattie², Khurram Khan³, Raj Velu⁴, Donald Reid¹, Donald Bain¹

1) Department of Vascular Surgery, Hairmyres Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland, UK;

2) Glasgow University, Scotland, UK;

3) Department of General Surgery, Hairmyres Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland, UK;

4) Department of Anaesthesia, Hairmyres Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

Disclosure: The author has declared no conflicts of interest.

Received: 02.10.15 Accepted: 01.11.15

doi: 10.5455/ijsm.artery2015

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Abstract:

Visceral artery aneurysms (VAAs) are an increasingly encountered clinical problem.Although their incidence is low at about 0.2% in the general population, they are increasingly found on cross-sectional imaging. Therefore, it is justifiable to have a protocol for dealing with such lesions.

Keywords: visceral; artery; aneurysm; surveillance; intervention

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Renwick, B., Beattie, C., Khan, K., Velu, R., Reid, D. and Bain, D. (2016) ‘Intervention or surveillance? Current evidence in visceral artery aneurysms’, International Journal of Surgery and Medicine, 2(1), pp. 34–35. doi: 10.5455/ijsm.artery2015.