Does peak wall stress correlate better with abdominal aortic aneurysm expansion than aortic diameter?

• Main Authors: Abdul Rahman, Mohd Norhisham Azmi, Gulati, Sumit M., Mekako, A. I., McCollum, Peter Thomas, Chetter, Ian Clifford
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Academic 2007
• Subjects: RD Surgery
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/59576/1/59576_Does%20peak%20wall%20stress%20correlate.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/59576/; https://academic.oup.com/icvts

Objective: Level 1 evidence clearly supports ultrasound surveillance in abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) <5.5 cm in maximum AP diameter, with scanning interval set according to the size of aneurysm. Larger aneurysms tend to expand at a greater rate than smaller aneurysms. However, AAA expansio...