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Barend Mees

Email: bmemees@hotmail.com
MD, PhD, FEBVS, is Vascular Fellow, Department of Vascular Surgery, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria and Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Aortic aneurysms Screening, surveillance and referral

DefinitionAn aneurysm is an artery that has enlarged to greater than 1.5 times the expected diameter.1 In the infrarenal aorta, the threshold diameter is accepted as 3.0 cm in the Caucasian...


Non-aortic aneurysms Natural history and recommendations for referral and treatment

DefinitionsAn aneurysm is defined as an enlargement of an artery resulting in a diameter of more than 1.5 times the normal size (Figure 1). True aneurysms have an intact arterial wall consisting of...


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