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 ...

About three in 100 people will have a brain aneurysm, varying in size from less than 5mm to more than 25mm in diameter. The ...

One of the biggest challenges in managing AAA and PAD is the unpredictability of disease progression. For instance, while ...

An aneurysm refers to ballooning out of the aorta which causes aortic wall weakening. The aortic wall may continue to further expand or remain unchanged, but close surveillance is necessary. As the ...

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 ...

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

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

An abdominal aortic aneurysm occurs when there is focal dilation of the abdominal aorta caused by weakening in the aortic wall. This results in an increased diameter of the aorta over time.