Acta clinica belgica (English ed. Online), 2013-05, Vol.68 (3), p.193-198
2013
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- MYCOTIC THORACIC AORTIC ANEURYSM: REVIEW OF THE DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS
- Ist Teil von
- Acta clinica belgica (English ed. Online), 2013-05, Vol.68 (3), p.193-198
- Ort / Verlag
- England: Taylor & Francis
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2013
- Quelle
- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Along with greater life-expectancy, the prevalence of aortic aneurysm and its infected complicated variant increases. We present the case of a mycotic aortic aneurysm. Mycotic aneurysms represent only between 0,7% and 2,6% of all aortic aneurysms (1, 2). It is a highly lethal variant of the classical aortic aneurysm in which death supervenes in all cases that are left untreated (1). Up to 60% of mycotic aortic aneurysms may present as ruptured. (3) Time from admission to diagnosis of mycotic thoracic aortic aneurysm ranges from 1 to 4 days and the time from diagnosis to the necessity of surgery 1 to 11 days (4). Adequate knowledge about the diagnostic and therapeutic options is mandatory to improve survival and will be reviewed in this article.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 1784-3286eISSN: 2295-3337DOI: 10.2143/ACB.3271Titel-ID: cdi_crossref_primary_10_2143_ACB_3271
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Abdomen, Aged, Aneurysm, Infected - diagnosis, Aneurysm, Infected - therapy, Aneurysms, Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use, Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic - diagnosis, Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic - therapy, Back pain, Chronic illnesses, Comorbidity, Coronary vessels, Diagnostic Imaging, Humans, Male, Medical imaging, Mortality, Mycotic thoracic aortic aneurism, Mycotic aneurism, Aortic syndrome, Infectious arteritis, Endovascular aneurysm repair, Prognosis, Studies, Surgery, Vascular Surgical Procedures - methods