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    A Case of Two Inflammatory Aortic Aneurysms Showing Spontaneous Improvement of the First Aneurysm During Development of the Second One

    A 66-year-old man presented with severe abdominal pain which had lasted for 2 days. Computed tomographic (CT) scanning revealed infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) with a thick soft tissue around aortic...

    Yuiichi Tamori, Koichi Akutsu in Advances in Understanding Aortic Diseases (2009)

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    Validity of Using Ghent Criteria for Japanese Population Suspected of Marfan Syndrome

    Background: Diagnosis of Marfan syndrome (MFS) has been made based on Ghent criteria. However, there exist differences in habitus between Japanese and Western populations. We examined the validity to use Ghent cr...

    Koichi Akutsu, Hiroko Morisaki in Advances in Understanding Aortic Diseases (2009)