PMID: 9424863Jan 1, 1997Paper

How quickly does an abdominal aortic aneurysm grow?

Wiadomości lekarskie : organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego
P GutowskiA Falkowski

Abstract

86 patients with Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm was assessed by abdominal ultrasound with respect to growth rate. For aneurysms with diameter 3-4 cm, mean growth rate was 0.215 mm per month, for aneurysms 4-5 cm was 0.33 mm per month and for aneurysms with AP diameter bigger than 50 mm the mean growth rate was 0.78 mm per month.

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