Linear growth pattern can be used to predict ascending aortic aneurysm growth.

Current guidelines recommend that surveillance imaging should be performed at least every third year for patients with ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm (ATAA) even though such aneurysms' growth rate is mostly minimal. The purpose of this study was to clarify the pattern of the growth of ATAAs in a real-life patient population to adjust the optimal timing of aortic surveillance for each patient. This study includes patients ( = 209) who had been followed due to ATAA in the central hospital of North Karelia in Eastern Finland between years 2007 and 2023.

Prospective Ultrasound Screening of Men With Cerebrovascular Disease for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms.

Background: The prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysms is higher in population with other vascular comorbidities, especially among men. Utility of screening among patients with cerebrovascular disease is unclear.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm in male patients with diagnosed cerebrovascular disease manifested by transient ischemic attack or stroke.

Effect of Endovascular Treatment Rate on Population Level Outcomes and Survival After Intact Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair.

Objectives: The aim was to study outcomes of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) and open surgical repair (OSR) of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) in four geographically adjacent populations with identical demographics and variable EVAR rates.

Methods: This was a multicentre cohort study based on local and national registry data from an area of 815 000 inhabitants. The study involved 527 consecutive patients with an intact AAA treated with EVAR (n = 327) or OSR (n = 200) between 2010 and 2016.

Drug-Eluting Stent Shows Similar Patency Results as Prosthetic Bypass in Patients with Femoropopliteal Occlusion in a Randomized Trial.

Background: Claudication and critical limb threatening ischemia are significant causes of mortality in the elderly. The gold standard of superficial femoral artery (SFA) revascularization is thus far considered to be the femoropopliteal bypass. The aim of this study was to compare mid-term patency between drug-eluting stents (DESs) and prosthetic bypass grafts (BSX).