The effect of diabetes on abdominal aortic aneurysm growth over 2 years

• Published in: Journal of vascular surgery Vol. 75; no. 4; pp. 1211 - 1222.e1
• Main Authors: Nordness, Matthew J., Baxter, B. Timothy, Matsumura, Jon, Terrin, Michael, Zhang, Kevin, Ye, Fei, Webb, Nancy R., Dalman, Ronald L., Curci, John A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.04.2022
• Subjects: Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors - therapeutic use; Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - diagnostic imaging; Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - drug therapy; Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - epidemiology; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes Mellitus - diagnosis; Diabetes Mellitus - drug therapy; Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology; Doxycycline; Humans; Hypertension; Inflammation; Risk Factors; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Vascular surgery; Vascular surgery; Inflammation; Diabetes mellitus; Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Doxycycline

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a common progressive disease and a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Prior investigations have shown that diabetes mellitus (DM) may be relatively protective of AAA incidence and growth. The Non-invasive Treatment of Aortic Aneurysm Clinical Trial (N-TA...