Low-dose aspirin may prevent growth and later surgical repair of medium-sized abdominal aortic aneurysms

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 329-334

  Lindholt, Jes S ^a   Sorensen, Henrik T ^b   Michel, Jean B ^c   Thomsen, Henrik F ^b   Henneberg, Eskild W ^a  

^a VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aneurysms; Aspirin; Follow up studies; Prevention; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ASPIRIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 49649107046     PISSN: 15385744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538574408315205     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Lindholt JS Considerations and Experiences of Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms [PhD thesis]. Copenhagen, Denmark: FADL's Forlag ; 1998.
2. Lindholt JS, Juul S., Fasting H., Henneberg EW Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms: single centre randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2005 ; 330: 750.
3. Ashton HA, Buxton MJ, Day NE, et al. The Multicentre Aneurysm Screening Study (MASS) into the effect of abdominal aortic aneurysm screening on mortality in men: a randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2002 ; 360: 1531-1539.
4. Curci JA, Thompson RW Adaptive cellular immunity in aortic aneurysms: cause, consequence, or context? J Clin Invest. 2004 ; 114: 168-171.
5. Sakalihasan N., Limet R., Defawe OD Abdominal aortic aneurysm. Lancet. 2005 ; 365: 1577-1589.
6. Satta J., Laara E., Juvonen T. Intraluminal thrombus predicts rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. J Vasc Surg. 1996 ; 23: 737-739.
7. Yamazumi K., Ojiro M., Okumura H., Aikou T. An activated state of blood coagulation and fibrinolysis in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm. Am J Surg. 1998 ; 175: 297-301.
8. Lindholt JS, Jorgensen B., Fasting H., Henneberg EW Plasma levels of plasmin-antiplasmin-complexes are predictive for small abdominal aortic aneurysms expanding to operation-recommendable sizes. J Vasc Surg. 2001 ; 34: 611-615.
9. Mehard WB, Heiken JP, Sicard GA High-attenuating crescent in abdominal aortic aneurysm wall at CT: a sign of acute or impending rupture. Radiology. 1994 ; 192: 359-362.
10. Fontaine V., Jacob MP, Houard X., et al. Involvement of the mural thrombus as a site of protease release and activation in human aortic aneurysms. Am J Pathol. 2002 ; 161: 1701-1710.
11. Fontaine V., Touat Z., Mtairag el M., et al. Role of leukocyte elastase in preventing cellular re-colonization of the mural thrombus. Am J Pathol. 2004 ; 164: 2077-2087.
12. Kazi M., Thyberg J., Religa P., et al. Influence of intraluminal thrombus on structural and cellular composition of abdominal aortic aneurysm wall. J Vasc Surg. 2003 ; 38: 1283-1292.
13. Kazi M., Zhu C., Roy J., et al. Difference in matrix-degrading protease expression and activity between thrombus-free and thrombus-covered wall of abdominal aortic aneurysm. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2005 ; 25: 1341-1346.
14. Touat Z., Ollivier V., Day J., Michel JB Renewal of mural thrombus releases plasma markers and is involved in aortic abdominal aneurysm evolution. Am J Pathol. 2006 ; 168: 1022-1030.
15. Lindholt JS, Vammen S., Juul S., Henneberg EW, Fasting H. The validity of ultrasonographic scanning as screening method for abdominal aortic aneurysm. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 1999 ; 17: 472-475.
16. Charlson ME, Pompei P., Ales KL, MacKenzie CR A new method of classifying prognostic comorbidity in longitudinal studies: development and validation. J Chronic Dis. 1987 ; 40: 373-383.
17. Dalton SO, During M., Ross L., et al. The relation between socioeconomic and demographic factors and tumour stage in women diagnosed with breast cancer in Denmark, 1983-1999. Br J Cancer. 2006 ; 95: 653-659.
18. Schouten O., van Laanen JH, Boersma E., et al. Statins are associated with a reduced infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm growth. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2006 ; 32: 21-26.
19. Hackam DG, Thiruchelvam D., Redelmeier DA Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and aortic rupture: a population-based case-control study. Lancet. 2006 ; 368: 659-665.
20. Brady AR, Thompson SG, Fowkes FG, Greenhalgh RM, Powell JT Abdominal aortic aneurysm expansion: risk factors and time intervals for surveillance. Circulation. 2004 ; 110: 16-21.
21. Laustsen J., Jensen LP, Hansen AK Danish National Vascular Registry. Accuracy of clinical data in a population-based vascular registry. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2004 ; 27: 216-219.