For many of these conditions, women present later and sicker, and are less likely to be treated appropriately.

This bulge in the aorta is called an abdominal aortic ... Such an aneurysm could burst, causing serious internal bleeding or even send blood clots down the legs to the feet. Unfortunately, in most ...

There are no specific symptoms related to an ascending aortic aneurysm until a complication ... and only minimal portions of the descending thoracic aorta. Transesophageal echocardiography is ...

Your aorta is a tube-like structure that resembles a candy cane. The ascending aorta forms the beginning or handle of the cane and originates at the aortic valve. The ascending aorta includes the ...

A thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) - which affect 15,000 people ... Most thoracic aortic aneurysms grow slowly and cause no noticeable symptoms until they become large or rupture, making routine ...

or endovascular thoracic aortic stent graft implantation for lusorian artery aneurysms seems to be an additional and minimally invasive approach with promising midterm results. We therefore report ...

Thoracic aortic dissection ... Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and bicuspid aortic valve have a significantly increased risk of aortic dissection. The onset of symptoms in aortic dissection are usually ...

At the 1-year follow-up, the all-cause mortality rate was 21%, with no aneurysm-related ... D, Fully deployed thoracic device. A trilobed balloon is used to inflate the aortic stent graft while ...