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Ventricular aneurysms are usually aftereffects of myocardial infarctions. When the heart muscle (cardiac muscle) partially dies during a heart attack, a layer of muscle may survive, and being severe...
Aorfix™ endovascular stent graft – Treating the cases other grafts cannot treat Aorfix™ is the only endovascular stent graft licensed in Europe to treat aneurysms in complex anat...
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a chronic, life-threatening disorder characterized by abnormally high blood pressure in the arteries between the heart and lungs of an affected individual. T...
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Arachnodactyly—a key to diagnosing heritable disorders of connective tissue
Arachnodactyly–spidery fingers–is typical of patients with one of the heritable diseases of connective tissue. This Review highlights the differences and similarities amongst these diseases and se...
Survival Equal in 2 Types of Abdominal Aneurysm Repair: Study
FRIDAY, Dec. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term survival rates are similar for patients who undergo less-invasive or open surgery to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm, a new study finds. An abdominal...
Brain Bleeds More Common in Smokers, Research Shows
THURSDAY, Aug. 30 -- Smoking greatly increases the risk of potentially fatal brain bleeding caused by a burst aneurysm, a new study warns. An aneurysm is a bulge in a weakened artery. If an aneurysm b...
Early Menopause Raises Brain Aneurysm Risk
How old a women is when she experiences menopause can influence her risk of having a brain (cerebral) aneurysm, say researchers. The study, published online first in the Journal of NeuroInterventional...
Codman's aneurysm device demonstrates positive trial results
A study in Neurosurgery indicated that 81% of patients with wide-neck saccular aneurysms showed at least 90% aneurysm closure -More-
Thoracic aortic aneurysm: A potentially dangerous but treatable condition
Thoracic aortic aneurysm — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, screening and treatment of this serious condition.
Aortic Aneurysm 12-Gene Test Panel in Development
Identifying causative mutations in the diagnostic workup of patients with syndromic thoracic aortic aneurysm may optimize treatment. Medscape Medical News
An abdominal aortic aneurysm -- a bulge in the large artery that carries blood away from the heart -- can be immediately life-threatening if it grows large enough to rupture. The chance of survival wh...
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Lessons on the pathogenesis of aneurysm from heritable conditions.
Aortic aneurysm is common, accounting for 1-2% of all deaths in industrialized countries. Early theories of the causes of human aneurysm mostly focused on inherited or acquired defects in components o...
We herein describe a rare case of a concurrent submitral left ventricular (LV) aneurysm and an aneurysm of the sinus of Valsalva in a 65-year-old Japanese woman. The patient had a history of mitral va...
Subepicardial aneurysm by venting catheter via the right superior pulmonary vein.
Subepicardial aneurysm caused by a left ventricular venting catheter inserted from the right superior pulmonary vein is very rare. Generally, this type of aneurysm is a complication of acute myocardia...
Chronic fusiform aneurysm evolving into giant aneurysm in the basilar artery.
Fusiform basilar aneurysm is a rare condition with elevated mortality within a few days if untreated. On the basis of clinical course, the fusiform aneurysm can be distinguished in an acute type, such...
Observation of De Novo Formation and Growth of an Intracranial Aneurysm: A Case Report.
We observed a de novo formation and growth of an aneurysm in a 43-year-old woman who was followed up after treatment of a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). In 2002, the patient, whose mother had a histor...
