Open AccessINTERVENTION OR SURVEILLANCE? CURRENT EVIDENCE IN VISCERAL ARTERY ANEURYSMS
Author(s) -
Bryce Renwick,
Catherine Beattie,
Kalyan Khan,
Raj Velu,
Donald B. Reid,
Donald Bain
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of surgery and medicine/international journal of surgery and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2367-7414
pISSN - 2367-699X
DOI - 10.5455/ijsm.artery2015
Subject(s) - medicine , intervention (counseling) , cardiology , radiology , psychiatry
Visceral artery aneurysms (VAAs) are an increasingly encountered clinical problem. Although their incidence is low at about 0.2% in the general population, they are increasingly found on cross-sectional imaging. Therefore it is justifiable to have a protocol for dealing with such lesions