title: Surgical management of abdominal aortic aneurysm in the high-risk patient.
abstract: Surgical therapy of aortic abdominal aneurysms has progressed in recent years to the point where the presence of an aortic aneurysm greater than 4 cm is an indication for surgical repair. The high-risk patients require careful preoperative evaluation and intensive postoperative supervision if significant morbidity and mortality are to be kept to less than 6 to 7 per cent.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery* / Q000628:therapy; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012306:Risk