RT Book, Section A1 Subramanian, Tanvi A1 Milner, Ross A2 Nazzal, Munier A2 Blebea, John A2 Osman, Mohamed F. SR Print(0) ID 1200677836 T1 Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms T2 Vascular and Endovascular Surgery: Clinical Diagnosis and Management YR 2024 FD 2024 PB McGraw Hill PP New York, NY SN 9781260462715 LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1200677836 RD 2024/03/28 AB Aortic aneurysm disease overall leads to 10,000 deaths annually, much of which is likely secondary to the failure to identify and diagnose disease in these patients. Aortic aneurysms are the ninth overall cause of death in the United States.1 These are defined as localized, full-thickness arterial dilations measuring ≥50% of the normal diameter. Descending thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAAs) and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAAs) account only for 2% to 5% of these, as the vast majority are abdominal.