Aneurysms: Types, Risks, Formation and Treatment

An aneurysm is a localized dilation of the wall of a blood vessel, usually caused by atherosclerosis and hypertension, or less frequently, by trauma, infection or a congenital weakness in the vessel wall. Aneurysms most commonly occur in arteries at the base of the brain and in the aorta. As the size of the aneurysm increases, there is an increased risk of rupture, which can result in severe hemorrhage and other complications including sudden death. This book describes different types of aneurysms, their causes, diagnosis and how they can be treated.

Table of Contents:
Preface

Chapter 1. Aneurysms: Risks, Formation, and Treatment; pp. 1-20
(Wen-Shan Sung, Mei-Jo Sung, Jon Ho Chan, Royal Hobart Hospital and Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia)

Chapter 2. The Epidemiology of Aortic Diameter; pp. 21-33
(Nicole E. Jensky, Lakshmi Venkitachalam and Matthew A. Allison, Univ. of California, San Diego and others)

Chapter 3. Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms – a Complex Genetic Disease; pp. 35-93
(Jennifer Nischan, Guy M. Lenk, Amy M. Boddy, John H. Lillvis, Gerard Tromp and Helena Kuivaniemi, Detroit, Michigan, and others)

Chapter 4. Aortic Aneurysms—Risk Factors, Pathogenesis, and Therapeutic Management: A Review; pp. 95-118
(Ying Zhuge, Muddassir Aliniazee, Omaida C. Velazquez, Division of Vascular Surgery, DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL)^

Chapter 5. Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm: biomechanical challenges and potential answers; pp. 119-134
(Florian Dick, Juerg Schmidli, Dai-Do Do, Thierry Carrel, Iris Baumgartner, Nicolas Diehm, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Departments of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland, and others)

Chapter 6. Inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm from a viewpoint of IgG4-related disease: Proposal of IgG4-related chronic periaortitis; pp. 135-153
(Yasuni Nakanuma, Yoh Zen, Yasunori Sato, Kenichi Harada, and Satomi Kasashima, Department of Human Pathology Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa, and others)

Chapter 7. Rupture of abdominal aneurysms during pregnancy; pp. 155-165
(Mathieu Poilblanc, Loïc Sentilhes, Céline Lefèbvre-Lacoeuille, Philippe Gillard, Alain Fournié, Claude Clément, Philippe Descamps, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Universitary Hospital of Angers, France, and others)

Chapter 8. Endovascular Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms; pp. 167-191
(Boris Lubicz, Interventional neuroradiology, Erasme University Hospital Belgium)

Chapter 9. Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Aneurysms/Ectasia by Multidetector Row Computed Tomography, Intravascular Ultrasound, and Angioscopy; pp. 193-202
(Sei Komatsu, Teruaki Kamata, Kazuaki Miyaji, Yuichi Sato, Yoshinobu Shimizu, Sachio Kuribayashi, Atsushi Hirayama, Kazuhisa Kodama, Department of Cardiology, Amagasaki Central Hospital, Hyogo, Japan,and others.)

Chapter 10. The pathophysiology and management of coronary artery aneurysm; pp. 203-210
(Masashi Ohtsuka, Hiroshi Akazawa, Hiroyuki Takano, Haruaki Nakaya, Issei Komuro, Department of Cardiology, Seirei Yokohama General Hospital, Japan, and others)

Chapter 11. Treatment options in asymptomatic infrarenal aortic aneurysms; pp. 211-232
(Bernd Muehling, Ludger Sunder-Plassmann and Karl Heinz Orend, Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University of Ulm, Germany)

Chapter 12. Pseudoaneurysm formation in severed arteries; pp. 233-241
(N.G. Gregory, Royal Veterinary College, UK)

Chapter 13. May subclinical vascular inflammation play a role in the pathogenesis of aneurysms?; pp. 243-249
(Ivana Hollan, Lillehammer Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases and Department of Cardiac Surgery, the Feiring Heart Clinic, Norway)

Chapter 14. Reports on aneurysm in Thailand: a summary; pp. 251-256
(Viroj Wiwanitkit, Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok Thailand)

Chapter 15. Parasitic aneurysm: a rare but interesting form of aneurysm; pp. 257-259
(Viroj Wiwanitkit, Wiwanitkit House, Bangkhae, Bangkok Thailand)

Index