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

One significant study, the DISCOVER trial, compared the effectiveness of covered stents (CS) and bare metal stents (BMS) in treating advanced atherosclerotic lesions in the common iliac artery.

We found that the distribution of the segments was most severe in the abdominal aorta, followed by the aortic arch, and least severe in the ascending aorta. Atherosclerotic plaques were mostly seen in ...

Widespread atherosclerosis and arterial thrombosis are major contributors to the aetiology.9 Additionally, potent hypercoagulable states precipitate CAAOD in younger patients. In our cohort, several ...

or abdominal aortic calcium Agatston score (AAC), systemic atherosclerosis correlates. We assessed whether living close to a major road and residential fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) exposure were ...

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

We identified 36 patients with a diagnosis of PAU involving the descending thoracic aorta. The diagnosis was made with CT in 27 patients (75%), MRI in 7 (19%), and aortography in 2 (6%).

The natural history of penetrating atherosclerotic ulcers (PAUs) of the descending thoracic aorta remains unclear. Between January 1996 and June 2000, PAU was diagnosed in 36 patients (16 men ...

Kennesaw State University mechanical engineering professor Philippe Sucosky has earned a prestigious American Heart Association (AHA) Institutional Enhancement Award to advance his study on bicuspid ...

A beveled aortic hemiarch replacement is a surgical procedure to repair an aortic aneurysm or aortic dissection in the ascending aorta and arch of the aorta. This procedure involves removing the ...