Ten years of follow-up study of 27 cases of elderly abdominal aortic aneurysm with ultrasound
- VernacularTitle:老年人腹主动脉瘤27例B超10年随访研究
- Author:
Yu PENG
;
Fajin GUO
;
Guang XU
;
Defa CHU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Aortic aneurysm, abdominal;
Ultrasonography;
Follow-up studies
- From:
Chinese Journal of Geriatrics
2003;0(09):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To study the regularity of occurrence and development in the elderly with AAA. Methods Twenty-seven elderly cases with abdominal aortic aneurysm(AAA) were analyzed and followed up with ultrasound for ten years. Results The AAA diameters were 2.5 ~6.6 cm,with the average in crease of(0.14 ? 0.01) cm/ year. Intraluminal thromi(ILT) were found in 63.0% of all the patients. ILT were found(3.9?2.0 ) years after the AAA diagnosis with the average in crease of(0.21 ? 0.05)cm / year. Conclusions The size of AAA in the elderly is slowly enlarged to varying degree with ageing. ILT are found in more than half of all the patients. A few cases of AAA are found ruptured and a few cases of ILT exfoliated.
