NOUN
- an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
How To Use abdominal aortic aneurysm In A Sentence
- Our analysis showed serious deficiencies in the case for screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm as it currently stands.
- Until rupture occurs, most abdominal aortic aneurysms are asymptomatic.
- Deaths outside a hospital may, however, have been misclassified; the sudden death of a man with a known small abdominal aortic aneurysm might risk misclassification as due to the aneurysm.
- The cost effectiveness of unselective ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms in older men is uncertain.
- Background - Doxycycline has been shown to effectively inhibit aneurysm formation in animal models of abdominal aortic aneurysm.
- The patient is an 85-year-old white woman who has been admitted to the cardiothoracic intensive care unit after undergoing abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.