A nearly 20-year analysis sheds new light on sex disparities following abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) rupture and subsequent repair. The study found that women were older than men, had aneurysms that ...

Fifty-four patients had endovascular repair of a ruptured AAA in the 10-year period from October 1994 to October 2004. Their median age was 75 years (interquartile range 69.5–79.5 years), and 42 (78%) ...

According to some estimates, up to 80% of patients who experience a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm will die before they reach the hospital or during surgery. But early intervention can prevent ...

A Leicestershire farmer has become the first person in the UK to join a trial to test whether a type 2 diabetes drug can ...

Over 95% of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) rupture into the retroperitoneal space. Rare types of AAA ruptures comprise ruptures into the inferior vena cava with aortocaval fistula formation (ACF), ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More than two-thirds of patients who required abdominal aortic aneurysm repair would not have been captured by ...

A leaking abdominal aortic aneurysm may feel like abdominal pain or tenderness, along with other symptoms. You may recognize these certain symptoms when it’s time to take action. Abdominal aortic ...

Reston, VA (Embargoed until 6:15 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, June 15, 2021)--A new positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracer can detect abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) and potentially predict when they ...

An abdominal aortic aneurysm is a bulge in the aorta just above the area of your belly button that forms due to weakness in the blood vessel’s wall. A thoracic aneurysm also can occur along the part ...

At 4 centimeters (cm), an aortic aneurysm is either safe to monitor with imaging or at risk of rupturing, which may require surgery to prevent serious complications. The aorta is the body’s largest ...

WASHINGTON, April 4, 2023 – An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) causes the wall of a person’s aorta, the largest artery in the body, to weaken and bulge outward. If left untreated, it can continue to ...