Preoperative White Blood Cell Count in Patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms and Its Relation to Survival following Surgery.

Background: The aim of the present study was to explore whether preoperative white blood cell (WBC) count may predict 30-day mortality and long-term survival following surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Secondarily, we wanted to assess the potential sex differences in WBC in these patients.

Methods: The study was carried out as a retrospective cohort study.

Endovascular treatment of descending thoracic aortic disease. A single center experience.

Aim: Aim of the study was to assess if endovascular treatment is a feasible alternative in patients with descending thoracic aortic disease.

Methods: Seventy-three patients were admitted for stent-grafting of descending thoracic aortic disease during the period 1997-2008. The majority of the patients had aneurysm (35) or type B dissection (21), but also traumas, penetrating ulcers and other conditions were treated.

Surgery for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm and early mortality in women. Risk factors and complication profile.

Aim: Repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA) is reported to have a higher mortality in women than in men. The aim was to study whether this difference could be verified in our institution and secondary if difference in risk- and complication profiles could explain the higher 30 day mortality after surgery for rAAA in women.

Methods: During the period 1983-2009 1649 patients, 1348 men and 301 women, were operated consecutively for infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA); 430 patients had rAAA, 98 women and 332 men.

Aortic graft infection and mycotic aneurysm with Streptococcus equi zooepidemicus: two cases with favorable outcome of antibiotic treatment.

Infections with Streptococcus equi zooepidemicus are rare and are associated with contact with animals or animal products. There are very few reports about infected vascular grafts or aneurysms with this etiology. We present two patients.

DynaCT in pre-treatment evaluation of aortic aneurysm before EVAR.

Objective: DynaCT(®) is a method for obtaining computed tomography (CT)-like images using a C-arm system. Our aim was to compare the accuracy of these images to multidetector CT (MDCT) images prior to endovascular aortic repair (EVAR).

Methods: A non-consecutive group of 20 elective patients were prospectively exposed to MDCT and one additional DynaCT before EVAR.