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Thrombus within an aortic aneurysm does not reduce pressure on the aneurysmal wall.

Department of Surgery, Section Vascular Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Journal of Vascular Surgery (impact factor: 3.21). 03/2000; 31(3):501-6. pp.501-6
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ABSTRACT The role of thrombus within an aneurysm in relation to the risk of rupture is controversial. In literature, reports describing reduction and increase of rupture risk can be found. In the era of endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms, a possible reduction of risk of rupture by the presence of thrombus within the aneurysmal sac can be important in relation to the location of an endoleak to the aneurysmal wall and in relation to the effect of the thrombosis of the endoleak, either spontaneously or by intervention.
In nine patients who underwent operation for an infrarenal aortic aneurysm by open procedure at the level of the thickest thrombus lining, the pressure within the aneurysmal thrombus (just inside the aneurysmal wall) was measured and compared with the systemic pressure.
Pressure within systemic circulation and aneurysmal thrombus correlated well for the mean pressure (r = 0.90; P <.001) and for pulse pressure (r = 0.74; P <.01) Also, there was agreement between the levels of the mean pressure. Conduction of mean and pulse pressure to the aneurysmal wall was not related to the thickness of the thrombus at the level of the pressure measurement (r = 0.18 and r = 0.08, respectively).
We conclude that thrombus within the aneurysm does not reduce both the mean and the pulse pressure near the aneurysmal wall and thus will not reduce the risk of rupture of the aneurysm.

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Keywords

abdominal aortic aneurysms
 
aneurysm
 
aneurysmal sac
 
aneurysmal thrombus
 
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aneurysmal wall
 
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endovascular treatment
 
infrarenal aortic aneurysm
 
mean pressure
 
open procedure
 
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pressure measurement
 
pulse pressure
 
reports
 
rupture risk
 
systemic circulation
 
systemic pressure
 
thickest thrombus
 
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