Abdominal aortic aneurysm in Hong Kong: audit from a teaching hospital (1975-1995)
- Author:
Cheng W.K. STEPHEN
1
;
Ting C.W. ALBERT
;
Wong JOHN
Author Information
1. 香港大学医学中心玛丽医院
- From:
Chinese Medical Journal
1998;111(5):457-459
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To analyse the epidemiology and trends of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in an ethnic Chinese population over a 21-year period in a representative referral institution in Hong Kong. Methods Over a 21-year period from 1975 to 1995, 533 patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms were treated in a single Vascular Surgical Unit at the Department of Surgery, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong. Their characteristics, treatment and mortality were reviewed.Conclusion There is a progressive increase in the incidence of AAA in Chinese patients, in a time frame and pattern similar to that reported in the West.
