We are familiar with heart attack stroke and cardiac arrest as fatal heart conditions but there are many other conditions ...

Aortic aneurysm surgery is generally safe but can lead to complications like blood clots, ischemic events, and bleeding.

The main treatments for thoracic aortic aneurysm include medical therapy such as blood pressure medications or surgery. Surgery will typically be either open surgery, performed in the chest through a ...

An excellent example of this is the traumatic aneurysm of the thoracic aorta. Resectional surgery of the aorta is a development of the last decade.

At 4 centimeters, an aortic aneurysm is either safe to monitor with imaging or at risk of rupturing, which may require surgery to prevent serious complications.

Dear Dr Roach: My husband will be 83 in September and was recently diagnosed with an ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm measuring 4.8 cm. Five centimeters is when they do something. After hearing ...

Using human cells in laboratory rats, Michigan Medicine researchers have developed a functional model of thoracic aortic aneurysm, creating opportunities for more effective understanding of ...

The Zenith TX2 TAA Endovascular stent graft is designed as a two-piece modular endograft system for thoracic aneurysm repair application. Both the proximal and distal endograft components are a ...

After sports journalist Grant Wahl passed away recently during the World Cup from a ruptured aortic aneurysm, here's what to know about the condition, about the heart and more; experts weigh in.

The incidence of thoracic aortic aneurysm is estimated at 6 individuals per 100,000 per year and occurs most commonly in the 6 th and 7 th decade, with hypertension an important risk factor in 60% ...