While repairing your aorta, your surgeon will inspect your aortic valve to determine whether it can be spared or may need replacement, which is done at the same time as your aneurysm surgery. Please, ...

This bulge in the aorta is called an abdominal aortic aneurysm ... for developing an aneurysm, your physician may recommend periodic checks, which could include a physical exam and possibly a CT scan ...

The Zenith TX2 TAA Endovascular stent graft ... system for thoracic aneurysm treatment. The Zenith TX2 distal bare stent component is designed for the treatment of aortic dissections, which ...

Spinal cord injury (SCI) remains the most serious complication of repairing descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms, with endovascular ...

In a multicenter, retrospective review of patients admitted with intact and ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), ...

Aneurysm occurs when a blood vessel weakens and bulges If this blood vessel is ruptured it can lead to severe internal ...

Doctors at the Botkin Moscow Multidisciplinary Research and Clinical Center performed a unique operation on a patient with ...

The burden of cardiovascular diseases among smokers is profoundly evident. Cigarette smoking, a leading preventable cause of morbidity and mortality, exerts a particularly pernicious impact on the ...

Q. Aneurysms are pretty scary things. Do they have any symptoms? A. Aneurysms are artery bulges. And, yes, they are scary because, if they burst, they are lethal. Many victims of a ruptured ...

This is designed to enhance the device attachment to the aortic ... no aneurysm-related mortality. There was an 8% rate of sac enlargement with stent fracture in 32%. *Division of Vascular Surgery ...