About one in 50 people in the U.S. have unruptured brain aneurysms. These “ticking time bombs” can rupture if they aren’t treated. Now — doctors are using a novel approach to clip the aneurysm — so ...

An ascending or aortic arch aneurysm refers to ballooning out of the aorta which causes aortic wall weakening. The aortic wall may continue to expand or may remain unchanged, but close surveillance is ...

A doctor there recognised it was an aneurysm - a bulging of the aorta which can rupture - and phoned Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, who said they would have a team waiting to operate. I was wrapped in ...

This bulge in the aorta is called an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). An aneurysm is a bulge or balloon that forms in the wall of a blood vessel. An aneurysm is most commonly a result of an ...

Paramedics rushed Stefani to hospital where doctors discovered that her aortic aneurysm had ruptured - and she required emergency open-heart surgery. Stefani, who lives near Salt Lake City ...

Background To compare the effects of endovascular coiling and neurosurgical clipping in patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysm. Methods Sixteen electronic databases were searched for ...

The majority of patients who develop infected aortic aneurysms in the presence of atherosclerotic lesions in the aorta are male and typically outnumber female patients at a ratio of 3:1.

CT scan of the abdomen provides a clear image of the aorta and to figure out the shape and size of an aneurysm. Gives accurate measurement of aneurysm diameter. Treatment depends on the severity ...

The purpose of the present communication is to present a case secondary to an arteriosclerotic aneurysm of the abdominal aorta. In Orkin's 1 comprehensive paper, the 26 cases previously recorded ...

Although patients with Loeys-Dietz syndrome are at risk of developing aneurysms in all arteries, the base of the aorta closest to the heart is the site at greatest risk, the researchers say.