Abstract:Aneurysms may result in ratable permanent impairment, and this article provides a basic understanding of aneurysms and how to rate them using the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment (AMA Guides), Sixth Edition. An aneurysm is a bulge in a blood vessel, commonly in the arterial circulation and in the cerebral and renal vasculature or in the aorta. Because ruptured aneurysms frequently are lethal, generally they are treated prophylactically once they have reached a certain size. Endovascular rep… Show more
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