Current Status of Medical Treatment for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

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  • Kurosawa Koji
    Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
  • Matsumura Jon S
    Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
  • Yamanouchi Dai
    Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

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Although cardiovascular disease is widely recognized as the leading cause of death, a lesser known fact is that aortic aneurysm is the 15th leading cause of death over the age of 65 years in the USA. The golden standard of the treatments are invasive interventions either with open surgical repair (OS) or endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). The concept of medical treatment is to prevent abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) from rupture and avoid surgical treatment by preventing aneurysm enlargement or even reducing aneurysm size. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) are structurally related metalloendopeptidases that can degrade the extracellular matrix and is thought to play important roles in AAA. There are many proposed pharmacological treatments including: β-blockers, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACE inhibitors), angiotensin-receptor blocker (ARB), statins, macrolides and, doxycycline, an inhibitor of the MMP. The latter is a potential promising drug as medical treatment for AAA and the Non-invasive Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Clinical Trial (N-TA3CT) is currently ongoing in the USA. Here, the pathophysiology and potential medical therapy for AAA will be reviewed.  (Circ J 2013; 77: 2860–2866)<br>

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  • Circulation Journal

    Circulation Journal 77 (12), 2860-2866, 2013

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