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Patients Who Should be Screened for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
An Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) develops in the section of the aorta located in the abdomen that supplies blood to the lower part of the body. An AAA can be categorized as...
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA)
Victor V Rao MBBS, DMRD, RDMS (APCA) The abdominal aorta is the largest artery in the abdominal cavity and is a continuation of the thoracic aorta. As seen in Figure 1 below, it...
POCUS Reduces AAA’s Impact
Written by Victor V. Rao, MBBS, DMRD, RDMS Aortic diseases and specifically abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) have plagued humanity for thousands of years. The word "aneurysm"...
A Quiet Disease Unsilenced by POCUS
To be aware is to have consciousness, recognition, or a realization of a fact or reality. An awareness allows us to encounter knowledge that was once unknown or almost kept as a...
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