High prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm in patients with inguinal hernia

High prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysm in patients with inguinal hernia

Aims: There is increased prevalence of inguinal hernia (ΙΗ) in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). As there is limited data on AAA in patients with ΙΗ our objective was to examine the prevalence of AAA in such patients. Methods: We prospectively examined 185 consecutive patients for AAA w...

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Main Authors: Angelos Megalopoulos, Orestis Ioannidis, Ioannis Varnalidis, Maria Ntoumpara, Lina Tsigriki, Konstantinos Alexandris, Christiana Anastasiadou, Parpoudi Styliani, George Paraskevas, Ioannis Mantzoros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Palacký University Olomouc, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry 2019-09-01
Series:Biomedical Papers
Subjects:
abdominal aortic aneurysm
aorta
inguinal hernia
ultrasound
screening
Online Access:https://biomed.papers.upol.cz/artkey/bio-201903-0009_high-prevalence-of-abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-in-patients-with-inguinal-hernia.php

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