An abdominal aortic aneurysm that bursts can cause potentially fatal internal bleeding. One-time screening with abdominal ultrasound is currently recommended for older men who have ever smoked.

(SALT LAKE CITY)—Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) affect about 2 million people in the United States. Most AAAs are small when diagnosed and typically are monitored until they grow large enough to ...

Noridian Healthcare Solutions opened a draft local coverage determination for gene tests for heritable thoracic aortic disease per a request from Invitae Corp., of San Francisco, which makes a ...

Your aortic valve is part of your heart, a strong muscle that pumps blood through your body. The aortic valve controls the blood flowing out from the heart. It opens every time your heart contracts, ...

There are three types of bicuspid aortic valves — types 0, 1, and 2. Experts classify these types based on whether the leaflets of the valve have fused to form a ridge. A bicuspid aortic valve is a ...

AS plus ATTR-CA was associated with worse clinical outcomes than AS alone. Challenges of diagnosis stand in the way of timely treatment of ATTR-CA. Certain features associated with ATTR-CA and AS may ...

Of 207 patients considered for elective AAA repair, 27 (13%) did not undergo surgery. The reasons are displayed in Table 1. Two patients with chronic renal failure had a serum creatinine level greater ...

Intermountain Health has successfully performed the state's first procedure to repair the ascending aorta without major ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — Cosmo Salerno is used to a busy pace. He's run Cosmo's Cheesesteaks along Moosic Street in Scranton for nearly 15 years. But a little more than a year ago, Salerno said, during a trip ...

The first ever "humanized" model for aortic valve calcification paves the way for testing potential treatments.