Q: My neighbor suffered a ruptured aneurysm that almost killed her. According to her husband, this came out of the blue. What ...

This is an emergency, Conner said. About 50% of people who have an aortic dissection die at home. Of the other 50% who make ...

Australian radio host Kyle Sandilands announced on air yesterday that he has a brain aneurysm and needs urgent brain surgery.

The aorta is the main blood vessel that carries oxygen-filled blood from the heart to the rest of the body. It extends from the chest to the abdomen, where it branches (bifurcates) into the iliac ...

Uncontrolled hypertension is frequently present at the time of aortic dissection. Syncope from sudden hypotension can occur. When the carotid arteries are involved stroke symptoms may occur.

Patients with predominantly cranial vs isolated extracranial GCA phenotypes present with different patterns of arterial involvement on 18F-FDG PET-CT scans.

[11] The innominate, left carotid, and left subclavian arteries are reconstructed in separate end-to-end anastomoses by using a branched trifurcated graft, and the aortic reconstruction can be ...

The aorta is a tube-like structure that resembles a candy cane. The thoracoabdominal aorta starts after the curve of the cane and extends past the arteries that deliver blood to the stomach, ...

In a considerable number of patients, however, the aneurysm terminates at or below the innominate artery, permitting repair under normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass conditions with an aortic ...

2). A large fusiform aneurysm was found, beginning just distal to the aortic valve and ending just proximal to the innominate artery. The arch was slightly dilated, and the left subclavian artery ...