Individuals with thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms usually do not have symptoms. Aneurysms are commonly found incidentally. It is possible that as the aneurysm enlarges and compresses surrounding ...

Symptoms vary depending on the location ... Among patients with a thoracic aortic aneurysm who have elective surgery, the five-year survival rate is 85 percent, while those who undergo emergency ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

UC Davis Health vascular surgeons are among the first in the country to treat patients with thoracic aortic disease by using ...

BACKGROUND: Despite reported racial disparities between Black and White adults in short-term outcomes after abdominal aortic ...

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 ...

Ounce of Prevention is a weekly column which presents recommendations for preventative services derived from The United ...