The gross findings of 49,144 autopsies performed at two major hospitals in Rome were reviewed. There were 297 patients who were found to have atherosclerotic abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). The aneurysm was intact in 220 (74 per cent) and ruptured in 77 (26 per cent). The occurrence of aneurysm rupture was correlated to 17 variables by univariate and multivariate statistical analysis. Covariates found to be independently predictive of the rupture of AAA were the size of the aneurysm (p less than 0.001), arterial hypertension (p less than 0.001) and the presence of bronchiectasis (p less than 0.025.). Over-all, bronchiectasis was more common among patients with AAA than in the age-adjusted and sex-adjusted control population. The simultaneous presence of bronchiectasis and AAA suggests the presence of some inherited or acquired tendency to have ectasia of the connective tissue, aneurysm formation and rupture development.

Factors influencing the rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysms / Sterpetti, A V; Cavallaro, A; Cavallari, N; Allegrucci, P; Tamburelli, A; Agosta, F; Bartoli, S. - In: SURGERY, GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS. - ISSN 0039-6087. - 173:3(1991), p. 175-8.

Factors influencing the rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysms

Sterpetti, A V
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Cavallaro, A;Cavallari, N;Tamburelli, A;
1991

Abstract

The gross findings of 49,144 autopsies performed at two major hospitals in Rome were reviewed. There were 297 patients who were found to have atherosclerotic abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). The aneurysm was intact in 220 (74 per cent) and ruptured in 77 (26 per cent). The occurrence of aneurysm rupture was correlated to 17 variables by univariate and multivariate statistical analysis. Covariates found to be independently predictive of the rupture of AAA were the size of the aneurysm (p less than 0.001), arterial hypertension (p less than 0.001) and the presence of bronchiectasis (p less than 0.025.). Over-all, bronchiectasis was more common among patients with AAA than in the age-adjusted and sex-adjusted control population. The simultaneous presence of bronchiectasis and AAA suggests the presence of some inherited or acquired tendency to have ectasia of the connective tissue, aneurysm formation and rupture development.
1991
Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Analysis of Variance; Aorta, Abdominal; Aortic Rupture; Autopsy; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Risk Factors
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Factors influencing the rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysms / Sterpetti, A V; Cavallaro, A; Cavallari, N; Allegrucci, P; Tamburelli, A; Agosta, F; Bartoli, S. - In: SURGERY, GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS. - ISSN 0039-6087. - 173:3(1991), p. 175-8.
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