Mumbai: A senior citizen from Madagascar, who was diagnosed with a life-threatening bulge in the aorta after a simple fall from the bed, underwent a life-saving stent procedure at Mumbai hospital.

A novel therapeutic showed significant promise in slowing aortic valve calcification, potentially extending time until or eliminating need for transcatheter or surgical intervention for stenosis, ...

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

Debra Reals still remembers lying on a gurney with her father and sister at her side as trauma surgeons explained the ...

Now, 10 years on from undergoing open surgery to repair the aneurysm detected at that appointment, Les often looks back on that invite and is assured about the fact it saved his life. An abdominal ...

The most common abdominal aorta problem is abdominal aortic aneurysm, which occurs when the aorta weakens and bulges. If the aneurysm ruptures, it can cause life-threatening bleeding. Variations in ...

After only 2 years following randomization, the cumulative survival rates in patients who underwent endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair and open repair were nearly identical at 90%.

which perforated the left fibrous trigone, widely separating the mitral and aortic ... repair of the aneurysm with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass was accomplished. From the departments of ...

To compare the long-term outcomes of elective endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair ... the endovascular surgery patients survived compared with 89.6% of the open repair patients (95% ...

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a severe aortic disease for which no ... and AAA tissues (n=10) were collected during open surgery. The age and sex of the 2 groups were matched, with detailed ...