Thoracic aortic aneurysms represent a major health problem. Untreated thoracic aortic aneurysms may rupture, which has a dismal outcome. The standard treatment for thoracic aneurysms is open surgical ...

Patients who have an error in the gene known as LOX—shorthand for lysyl oxidase, the enzyme it encodes—are particularly prone to thoracic aortic aneurysm and ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My friend was diagnosed with a thoracic aortic aneurysm. What causes this type of aneurysm, and how fast does it grow? Also, how are thoracic aortic aneurysms treated? ANSWER: A ...

AS medicine develops, and its progress affords new diagnostic and therapeutic technics, it is fascinating to see the emergence of pathologic entities that have always been present but have not been ...

An abnormally enlarged aorta (aortic aneurysm) can tear or rupture and cause sudden cardiac death. Unfortunately, patients often show no signs or symptoms before the aorta, which carries blood from ...

In the small percentage of patients undergoing TAVR who have a preexisting unruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA), there appears to be increased risks of both aortic dissection and cardiac ...

Absolute risk for aortic dissection was low among a cohort of patients with thoracic aortic aneurysms as large as 6 cm, though larger size was associated with higher risk for aortic dissection and all ...

OAKLAND, Calif. — A large, new Kaiser Permanente study provides high-quality evidence that most of the 33,000 patients diagnosed each year in the U.S. with a thoracic aortic aneurysm — a bulge in the ...

Your 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, ...

Researchers find genetic clue to identify those at risk for aortic aneurysms. Sept. 14, 2011— -- Professional singer and mother of four Patty Peterson led a busy life in 2007, unaware that a rare ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients who underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement, those with thoracic aortic aneurysm had ...

Catheter-based techniques, with their theoretic advantages, have changed the trends of vascular surgery. The minimally invasive character of stent grafting, with the obvious avoidance of major surgery ...