Factors affecting survival after rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysm: effect of size on management and outcome.

Between 1970 and 1985, 172 consecutive patients (146 men, 26 women) underwent repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms. The mean age was 69.8 years.

Smoking: a decision-making dilemma for the vascular patient.

This descriptive study examined the differences in beliefs and social influences between patients who decided to quit or to continue smoking following diagnosis of chronic peripheral vascular disease. A consecutive quota sample of 20 patients who had quit smoking (quitters) and 22 who had continued smoking (continuers) agreed to participate in the study. There were no statistically significant differences between quitters and continuers in demographic characteristics, clinical variables and perceived social influences.

Popliteal aneurysms: an index of generalized vascular disease.

A review of 59 popliteal aneurysms in 38 patients seen over 10 years revealed that 34 (58%) aneurysms were symptomatic. Symptoms included gangrene (15%), ischemia due to thrombosis (38%) and embolism (5%). Patients with unilateral aneurysms (45%) were a median of 7 years younger than those with bilateral lesions (55%).

The use of preoperative exercise testing to predict cardiac complications after arterial reconstruction.

To assess the value of exercise testing in the prediction of cardiac risk, 100 patients requiring arterial reconstructive surgery had either treadmill testing or arm ergometry before operation. Thirty-four patients then had abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, 48 had reconstructions for aortoiliac occlusive disease, and 18 had infrainguinal revascularization procedures. Cardiac complications included myocardial infarction in 10%, acute congestive failure in 5%, malignant ventricular arrhythmias in 7%, and cardiac death in 7%.

Multicenter prospective study of nonruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms. I. Population and operative management.

This article describes the patient population and operative management of 666 patients with nonruptured aneurysms of the abdominal aorta. Statistical significance of variables was determined by the chi-square test and logistic regression analysis. There were no statistically significant differences (p greater than 0.