Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is now an established treatment option for elderly patients with severe ...

Traditional operative risk calculators, such as the European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II (EuroSCORE II), ...

The medtech startup is seeking funding for clinical trials to bring its catheter-based technique to more patients.

There is currently no way to stop calcification of the aortic valve. If all else fails, the valve must be replaced. To better ...

Anatomic suitability for the AneuRx device comprised an infrarenal aneurysm neck (from the most inferior renal artery to the aneurysm) length ≥ 10 mm, angulation less than 60°, and an ...

Owing to AAA, between January 1991 and June 2005, 1,784 consecutive patients in our department underwent surgery. Of this population, 506 (28.36%) patients suffered from RAAA. Forty-one cases of ...

News & Views Published: 29 January 2013 Vascular disease Repair of infrarenal aortic aneurysm—the debate is OVER Alan Karthikesalingam & Matthew M. Thompson Nature Reviews Cardiology 10, 122 ...

Introduction: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) rupture is linked with increased mortality. Multiple rodent models attempt to capitulate AAA pathology to investigate a preventative cure. However, there ...

About this study To determine the safety and effectiveness of IMPEDE-FX RapidFill to increase the percentage of subjects with shrinkage of the abdominal aortic aneurysm sac when used as an adjunct to ...

Medtronic plc $81.25 0.06% Open 81.445 Day High 81.575 52 Week High 87.67 52 Week Low 67.11 , with Rijnstate, announced today that they enrolled the first patient in the Hercules trial comparing ...

The secondary endpoint is growth in aneurysm diameter over time based on CT scan core laboratory readings at 24 months. The study will have continued follow-up annually at 3, 4, and 5 years.