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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Dec 13.
Published in final edited form as: Circulation. 2022 Nov 2;146(24):e334–e482. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001106

Table 31.

High-Risk Imaging Features of PAUs

Feature
Maximum PAU diameter ≥13–20 mm1
Maximum PAU depth ≥10 mm1
Significant growth of PAU diameter or depth
PAU associated with a saccular aneurysm5
PAU with an increasing pleural effusion1

PAU indicates penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer.