Aneurysms in the ascending aorta (the section closest ... on the location of your brother’s aneurysm. Screening for an ...

Ultrasound can detect abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) before they are likely to rupture. However, it is unclear whether the overall benefits of screening for AAAs outweigh the potential harms.

An ascending or aortic arch aneurysm refers to ballooning out of the aorta which causes aortic wall weakening. The aortic wall may continue to expand or may remain unchanged, but close surveillance is ...

An ascending aortic aneurysm occurs when the aortic wall becomes weakened and enlarges. Many causes exist including atherosclerosis, hypertension and connective tissue disorders. There are no ...

What is the optimal schedule for screening patients at high risk for intracranial aneurysms? To explore this issue, researchers used a Markov model and Monte Carlo simulation to assess screening ...

Studies of the natural history of ascending aortic aneurysms indicate that aneurysms exceeding 6 cm in maximum diameter are associated with a particularly high risk of complications. In the ...

Australian radio host Kyle Sandilands announced on air yesterday that he has a brain aneurysm and needs urgent brain surgery.

1–4 The present case represents a notable exception in that an aneurysm of the ascending aorta resulted from a nonspecific giant-cell aortitis. A.L. (M.G.H. 1283255), a 30-year-old Negro mother ...

Estimates indicate that a well-established screening programme could prevent up to 100 deaths from abdominal aortic aneurysms each year. Underwritten Produced with financial support from an ...

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

Note that aortic aneurysms can also occur in the descending thoracic aorta or the ascending aorta, and management for these aneurysms is different.

The thoracoabdominal aorta starts after the curve of the cane and extends past the arteries that deliver blood to the stomach, intestines and kidneys. An aneurysm refers to ballooning out of the aorta ...