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

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For the diagnosis of disorders and the monitoring of patients, healthcare providers need to be able to look not only at a ...

CFD modelling of hemodynamics involves seven stages: clinical imaging, geometry reconstruction ... search to investigate the application of hemodynamic prediction in aortic aneurysm and dissection. A ...

Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, China. (Y.E.L., S.L., Litao Wang, Y.D., L. Wu, H.C., T ...

regular follow-up imaging studies with CT or MRI are performed to monitor resolution, stability, or progression. Development of an aneurysm (saccular or fusiform) indicates a progressive weakening of ...

Several molecular pathways and the activation of matrix metalloproteinases associated with the pathogenesis of SS participate in the initiation and progression of aortic aneurysm (AA ... back or ...

The findings of two studies have shown that patients receiving elective endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm have a better short-term prognosis than patients receiving more-invasive ...

Recent studies have suggested that endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) may reduce the perioperative mortality of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Whether EVAR confers any long-term ...

Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MD The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body, carrying oxygen-rich blood from ...

For abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysms, a computerized tomography (CT) angiogram can help doctors see the extent of the aneurysm and if there is also a clot in it. Magnetic resonance imaging ...