title: Morphological study of abdominal aortic aneurysm: optimal stent-graft size for Japanese patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We report on the optimal stent-graft (SG) size for Japanese patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety three Japanese patients undergoing elective AAA repair were selected for this study. The parameters measured were the proximal neck (PN) diameter (D1), the diameter of the right and left common iliac arteries (D2 and D3, respectively), the diameter of the right and left external iliac arteries (D4 and D5, respectively), the distance between the lowest renal artery and the common iliac arterial bifurcation (L1), and the distance between the right and left common iliac arterial bifurcations and the internal iliac arterial bifurcation (L2 and L3, respectively).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The following results were obtained: D1: 20.7+/-3.9 mm (14 to 28 mm); D2: 14.0+/-3.0 mm (9.5 to 20 mm); D3: 13.8+/-3.1 mm (9 to 19.5 mm); D4: 7.5+/-1.0 mm (6 to 10 mm); D5: 7.4+/-0.9 mm (6 to 10 mm); L1: 107.7+/-13.4 mm (80 to 130 mm); L2: 40.0+/-10.1 mm (20 to 61 mm); L3: 39.7+/-9.6 mm (20 to 60 mm).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results indicate the necessity of exercising adequate care when selecting a device for Japanese patients.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Center, Fukushima Daiichi Hospital, Koriyama, Japan.
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Midorikawa
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: Kouichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Satou
authors.forename: Shunichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hoshino
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017130:Angioplasty / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000592:standards*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018795:Device Approval; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015607:Stents / Q000592:standards*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed