LITTLE FALLS, N.J., July 7-- Clinicians may miss a substantial number of new abdominal aortic dilations on CT scans, researchers have found. Clinical teams didn't record about 60% of dilations within ...

Ultrasound demonstrated a strong correlation and agreement with CT in assessing the diameter of the ascending aorta in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA), supporting its use as an effective ...

PET scans may serve as both a diagnostic and prognostic tool in giant cell arteritis (GCA), according to a new study. In over 100 patients with GCA who underwent 18 F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET ...

About 12 percent of patients undergoing aortic valve replacement developed non-symptomatic blood clots around the valve leaflets (known as subclinical leaflet thrombosis) that reduced the motion of ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- The condition that took the life of a legendary high school football coach in New Jersey is something most of us have never or rarely heard of -- an aortic aneurysm or ...

The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the human body. It carries blood from your heart up to your head and arms and down to your abdomen, legs, and pelvis. The walls of the aorta can swell or bulge ...

Retired Elizabeth, N.J. Fire Chief William Neafsey thought he was only suffering from a bad hip and back pain when he went to the doctor’s for an MRI in November. What his doctor found was a lot worse ...