The patient's complaints were of progressing abdominal distention ... In addition, an infrarenal aortic aneurysm was found, sized 6.5 cm in diameter and not involving the iliac arteries (Figure ...

This bulge in the aorta is called an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). An aneurysm is a bulge or balloon that forms in the wall of a blood vessel. An aneurysm is most commonly a result of an ...

and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase (TIMP)-1 expression in the wall of abdominal aortic aneurysms. A double-blind, randomized study was conducted of patients treated with doxycycline (100 mg ...