Ahmed G Abo-Khalil
Integrating sustainability into higher education challenges and opportunities for universities worldwide
Heliyon
objective study identify clinical anatomic characteristics popliteal artery aneurysms paas associated acutely limb threatening events popliteal artery aneurysms paas associated high morbidity mortality current guidelines recommend operative repair paas diameter greater 20 mm based limited evidence retrospective crosssectional cohort derived multiinstitutional database queried patients paa 2008 2022 duplex ultrasound dus characteristics paas abstracted registered physicians vascular interpretation symptom status time dus divided three categories asymptomatic paa symptomatic paa claudication chronic limb ischemia acutely limb threatening paas thromboembolic event acute limb ischemia rupture 470 paas identified 331 patients mean age 74 years diagnosis 94 patients white 97 patients male univariate analysis patient comorbidities medications associated symptom status multivariate analysis including age higher percent thrombus significantly associated symptomatic paas rrr 152 ci 269723 p001 paas acutely limb threatening event rrr 179 ci 376850 p001 anatomic characteristics associated symptom status percent thrombus significantly associated symptomatic paas acutely limb threatening events whereas diameter significantly associated symptom group analysis supports use percent thrombus identifying high risk paas warrant repair