This bulge in the aorta is called an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). An aneurysm is a bulge or balloon that forms in the wall of a blood vessel. An aneurysm is most commonly a result of an ...

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a common and deadly problem. The aortic diameter increases in association with a complex remodeling process that includes changes in the structure and content of ...

An aortic aneurysm occurs when the walls of the aorta, the main artery of the body, weaken and bulge. It can occur in two primary locations: - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA): Found in the lower ...

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

In a multicenter, retrospective review of patients admitted with intact and ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), ...

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is one of the most common vascular diseases. In this issue of the Deutsche Ärzteblatt, two articles are dedicated to the currently most pressing aspects of AAA.

The findings contradict a 2018 Food and Drug Administration warning that fluoroquinolone use could increase the risk of ...

Vascular. 2008;16(4):201-206. We therefore hypothesized that a screening program targeting men attending hospital outpatient cardiovascular clinics with such disease risk factors would be more ...

Estimates indicate that a well-established screening programme could prevent up to 100 deaths from abdominal aortic aneurysms each year.