Koichi Akutsu, Hideaki Yoshino, Tomoki Shimokawa, Hitoshi Ogino, Takashi Kunihara, Toshiyuki Takahashi, Michio Usui, Kazuhiro Watanabe, Manabu Yamasaki, Takeshiro Fujii, Mitsuhiro Kawata, Yoshinori Watanabe, Takeshi Yamamoto, Shun Kohsaka, Ken Nagao, Morimasa Takayama
BACKGROUND: Epidemiological data on ruptured aortic aneurysms from large-scale studies are scarce. The aims of this study were to: clarify the clinical course of ruptured aortic aneurysms; identify aneurysm site-specific therapies and outcomes; and determine the clinical course of patients receiving conservative therapy.Methods and Results: Using the Tokyo Acute Aortic Super Network database, we retrospectively analyzed 544 patients (mean [±SD] age 78±10 years; 70% male) with ruptured non-dissecting aortic aneurysms (AAs) after excluding those with impending rupture...
February 28, 2024: Circulation Journal: Official Journal of the Japanese Circulation Society