People who don't realize they're living with an abdominal aortic aneurysm may face a sudden aortic rupture or tear and massive, catastrophic bleeding. However, others lucky enough to know in advance ...

Aortic aneurysm surgery is generally safe, but it can lead to complications like blood clots, ischemic events, and bleeding. Your doctor can give you a better idea of your specific risk of ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- An 80-year-old patient at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital (St. Luke’s) in Houston became the second in the nation to be treated with a newly approved FDA device for an ...

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 ...

Most people with an abdominal aortic aneurysm don’t show any symptoms — they don’t know that the largest blood vessel in their body is slowly and silently dilating, creating a blood-filled bulge. If ...

Compared with open surgery, endovascular repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) yields better clinical and survival advantages, better quality of life (QoL) for patients, and savings for ...

Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms has been associated with lower short-term mortality than open surgical repair. The results of multicenter trials published in the New England Journal ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS/WVAH) — As part of American Heart Monthlast week, Eyewitness News Anchor Whitney Wetzel explained the assignment manager at WCHS/WVAH was preparing to have surgery to repair an ...

Elective abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair in patients with a cancer diagnosis is associated with several poor postoperative outcomes according to a newly published study from researchers at the ...

Surgery to replace an aortic valve is done for aortic valve stenosis and aortic valve regurgitation. During this surgery, the damaged valve is removed and replaced with an artificial valve. The valve ...