BACKGROUND: Despite reported racial disparities between Black and White adults in short-term outcomes after abdominal aortic ...

Did you know men and women's heart cells prefer different kinds of fuel? Gender differences are emerging as scientists turn ...

Surgery may be needed in order to repair the obstruction, especially if it’s caused by a previous abdominal surgery. An aortic aneurysm is a serious condition caused by the weakening or bulging ...

Shape Memory Medical is studying new clinical applications and has initiated AAA-SHAPE – Abdominal ... aneurysm (AAA) sac behavior, when used with elective endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR).

Endovascular repair was chosen as an emergent surgical procedure. The patient was discharged on postoperative day 7, and recovery was uneventful. High-attenuating crescent sign is intramural or mural ...

Studies were excluded if they reported only abdominal aortic growth ... aortic regurgitation), aneurysm characteristics (eg, size, location, prior surgical repair), aneurysm pathogenesis (eg, BAV, ...

and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase (TIMP)-1 expression in the wall of abdominal aortic aneurysms. A double-blind, randomized study was conducted of patients treated with doxycycline (100 mg ...

It is a large part of the body that lies deep inside, out of sight and perhaps out of mind: your abdominal core. A new and ...

Hernias are a common medical problem. In the United States more than one million hernia surgeries are performed each year.

Screening guidelines for aortic aneurysms recommend lower repair thresholds for women (5.0 cm) than for men (5.5 cm), however, these thresholds may not fully reflect women's unique risk factors.