As people age, a buildup of calcium on the aortic valve can make it thicker and stiffer leading to aortic stenosis. In addition, congenital heart defects, rheumatic fever, bacterial infections ...

The phase II data are promising for patients who are managed with watchful waiting before being offered an intervention.

Fibrosis predicts post-surgical risk in aortic stenosis, reinforcing its role in guiding treatment decisions for both sexes.

Shape Memory Medical Inc., developer of custom shape memory polymers for endovascular markets, announced the first enrollment ...

AAA-SHAPE Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Sac Healing and Prevention of Expansion will enroll 180 patients with infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) across up to 50 sites in the U.S., Europe, and New ...

Shape Memory Medical Inc. announced the first European patient enrollment in the AAA-SHAPE pivotal trial. The patient was ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I was offered a low price to get abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening. Is it worthwhile? Who should get screened? — K.D. ANSWER: The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body ...

BACKGROUND: The fate of aortic ectasia associated with aortic valve disease is usually derived from the natural history of primitive aortic aneurysm. We evaluated the evolution of untreated aortic ...

TRPM7 channel interference protects against abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) formation and progression in mice by regulating phenotypic switching of vascular smooth muscle cells, extracellular ...

Twenty-five patients with ACF seemed to have a typical ruptured aneurysm with lower back ... In 17 cases, the ACF was located between the infrarenal aorta and the inferior vena cava; in 6 cases ...

You can get an aneurysm in any blood vessel, but they are most common in the brain's arteries and the aorta, the large artery that leaves the heart. Many people can have a brain aneurysm and never ...

You can get an aneurysm in any blood vessel, but they are most common in the brain’s arteries and the aorta, the large artery that leaves the heart. Many people can have a brain aneurysm and ...