Vascular. 2005;13(5):275-285. COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CRF = chronic renal failure; IHD = ischemic heart disease. *Statistically significant at the p < .05 level. Sherif ...

The evolution of the safety and effectiveness evaluation of endovascular grafts intended for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair ...

A beveled aortic hemiarch replacement is a surgical procedure to repair an aortic aneurysm or aortic dissection in the ascending aorta and arch of the aorta. This procedure involves removing the ...

The elderly patient had endured two months of suffering after falling from the bed. Thankfully, the fall led to accurate and ...

UC Davis Health vascular surgeons are among the first in the country to treat patients with thoracic aortic disease by using ...

However, most people who experience a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm do not survive. Of those who make it to the hospital alive, 50 percent do not survive the repair. Among patients with a ...

A scientific statement regarding sex differences in patients with peripheral vascular disease has been published by the AHA.

If the aneurysm is > 5.0 cm and there is a connective tissue disorder present (Marfan’s syndrome, bicuspid aortic valve etc...), then surgical repair is indicated.

This bulge in the aorta is called an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA ... In this approach, surgery is performed to repair the section of the aorta that has an aneurysm. To reach the aneurysm, the ...

A new study from the University of Michigan has found that women are more likely to die from complications after high-risk ...

Operative repair of the aneurysm seems the most appropriate management ... of the heart and protrude around either the mitral or aortic annuli. They may be single or multiple, have one or several ...