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Get CME for this Topic + Related Summaries + General Information + Causes and Risk actors + Complications and Associated Conditions + History and Physical + Diagnosis Treatment Treatment Overview + Medications + Surgery and procedures ollow-up + Prognosis + Prevention and Screening + Quality Improvement + Guidelines and Resources Patient Information + ICD-9/ICD-10 Codes + References Patient Education Reference Center Send Comment to Editor 10 11 7 Result List 1 of 16 Expand All Collapse All A A A Search within text Result List 1 of 16 Expand All Collapse All A A A Search within text 13 mortality in 12% vs. 9% (p = 0.36) elective surgery for AAA in 20% vs. 26% (p = 0.11) cessation of study medication in 42.4% vs. 26.8% (p = 0.0002) withdrawal due to adverse effects 38% vs. 21% (NNH 6) Reference - J Vasc Surg 2002 Jan;35(1):72 in J Watch 2002 8 Mar 15;22(6):46 propranolol poorly tolerated and might increase mortality (level 2 [mid-level] evidence) based on small randomized trial with high dropout rate 54 patients with small AAA diagnosed on screening were randomized to propranolol 40 mg vs. placebo orally twice dailyvs. placebo for mean 2.5 years mortality in 16.7% vs. 4.2% (relative risk [RR] = 1.6, 95% CI 1.02-2.51) dropout rate 60% vs. 25% (RR = 1.74, 95% CI 1.06-2.86) ACE inhibitors: ACE inhibitors reported to be associated with reduced risk of ruptured AAA (level 3 [lacking direct] evidence) based on case-control study retrospective study of 15,326 patients > 65 years old admitted to hospital for AAAvs. placebo for mean 2.5 years 3,379 (22%) had ruptured AAA and 11,947 (78%) had intact AAA ACE inhibitor use reported in 665 (20%) with ruptured AAA vs. 2,761 (23%) with intact AAA (odds ratio 0.82, 95% CI 0.74-0.9) no statistically significant associations found for beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, alpha blockers, angiotensin receptor blockers, or thiazide diuretics Reference - Lancet 2006 Aug 19;368(9536):659 EBSCOhost ull Text editorial can be found in Lancet 2006 Aug 19;368(9536):622 EBSCOhost ull Text Am am Physician 2006 Nov 15;74(10):1780 Get CME for this Topic + Related Summaries + General Information + Causes and Risk actors + Complications and Associated Conditions + History and Physical + Diagnosis Treatment Treatment Overview + Medications + Surgery and procedures ollow-up + Prognosis + Prevention and Screening + Quality Improvement + Guidelines and Resources Patient Information + ICD-9/ICD-10 Codes + References Patient Education Reference Center Send Comment to Editor 9 mortality in 12% vs. 9% (p = 0.36) 14 elective surgery for AAA in 20% vs. 26% (p = 0.11) cessation of study medication in 42.4% vs. 26.8% (p = 0.0002) withdrawal due to adverse effects 38% vs. 21% (NNH 6) Reference - J Vasc Surg 2002 Jan;35(1):72 in J Watch 2002 Mar 15;22(6):46 propranolol poorly tolerated and might increase mortality (level 2 [mid-level] evidence) based on small randomized trial with high dropout rate 54 patients with small AAA diagnosed on screening were randomized to propranolol 40 mg vs. placebo orally twice dailyvs. placebo for mean 2.5 years mortality in 16.7% vs. 4.2% (relative risk [RR] = 1.6, 95% CI 1.02-2.51) dropout rate 60% vs. 25% (RR = 1.74, 95% CI 1.06-2.86) ACE inhibitors: ACE inhibitors reported to be associated with reduced risk of ruptured AAA (level 3 [lacking direct] evidence) based on case-control study retrospective study of 15,326 patients > 65 years old admitted to hospital for AAAvs. placebo for mean 2.5 years 3,379 (22%) had ruptured AAA and 11,947 15 (78%) had intact AAA ACE inhibitor use reported in 665 (20%) with ruptured AAA vs. 2,761 (23%) with intact AAA (odds ratio 0.82, 95% CI 0.74-0.9) no statistically significant associations found for beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, alpha blockers, angiotensin receptor blockers, or thiazide diuretics Reference - Lancet 2006 Aug 19;368(9536):659 EBSCOhost ull Text editorial can be found in Lancet 2006 Aug 19;368(9536):622 EBSCOhost ull Text Am am Physician 2006 Nov 15;74(10):1780 17 17 Create email alerts, print and email topic summaries, or generate persistent links to a topic 12 16
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