[Aneurysms of the abdominal aorta in elderly patients].
Aneurysms of the abdominal aorta are often diagnosed in the over-75s. Although for many Authors the presence of risk factors such as cardiopathies, cerebrovascular problems, renal or respiratory insufficiency, which are clearly more frequent in elderly patients, represent a contraindication to the intervention of choice, personal experience has shown that surgery remains the best solution. In fact, in a group of patients operated on for aneurysm of the abdominal aorta in a heart, no significant differences in age-related mortality were observed. Surgery therefore remains the treatment of choice in the elderly too for it must also be remembered that the natural history of the disease has shown that, in a comparatively short time, the aneurysm ruptures and operating mortality is markedly higher.
Signorelli
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Ospedale Clinicizzato S. Donato, Università degli Studi di Milano.
Tosini
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S
Gaeta
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De Nale
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A
Malacrida
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Tealdi
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors
Aneurismi dell'aorta addominale nei pazienti anziani.