We are familiar with heart attack stroke and cardiac arrest as fatal heart conditions but there are many other conditions that require our attention such as aortic aneurysm Let us know about aortic an ...

Proximal aortic cross-clamping decreases the blood flow through the fistula. The problem of controlling the venous bleeding originating from the fistula is most important and the first to be solved.

Twenty-six members of the University of Chicago faculty have received distinguished service professorships or named ...

A 68-year-old man with 1 week of bloating and constipation undergoes CT, which reveals Stanford type B aortic dissection ...

The mass of an abdominal aortic aneurysm is quite characteristic and easy to identify when it is over 5 or 6 cm. in diameter. The nonaneurysmal aorta made prominent by tortuosity or lumbar ...

Bechelli et al. evaluate the effect of sodium thiosulfate (STS), a hydrogen sulfide donor, on abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) progression in normotensive mice. They see neutrophil-driven matrix ...

Early abdominal CT may be warranted among patients with unknown or uncertain biochemical screening results for primary aldosteronism.

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

Aneurysm surgery, particularly for intracranial aneurysms, remains a critical intervention aimed at preventing rupture and subsequent subarachnoid haemorrhage. The success of such surgeries is ...

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

Background Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) has good modern results, but large multicentre longitudinal data on outcomes, especially hospital resource utilisation through childhood and adolescence, are ...

Hernias are caused by weakness in a muscle or tissue. Learn ways to prevent a hernia from developing — or worsening — with simple lifestyle changes.