Other independent predictors of mortality included a history of atherosclerosis and a history of aortic aneurysm. An increase in pressure within the false lumen caused by partial thrombosis and a ...

This bulge can enlarge over time as the walls of the aorta become thinner and stretch (like a balloon). This bulge in the aorta is called an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). An aneurysm is a bulge or ...

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, ...

Acute thrombosis of one limb of the bifurcation ... Expanding and ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms: problems of diagnosis and treatment. Arch. Surg. 83:395–408, 1961.

In a multicenter, prospective, nonrandomized study evaluating outcomes of fenestrated-branched endovascular aortic repair (FB ...

Screening for an abdominal aortic aneurysm involves a simple, abdominal ultrasound, which the guidelines recommend for people ...

[Deep vein thrombosis as a primary symptom of abdominal aortic aneurysm : Bilateral deep vein thrombosis caused by infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (15 cm in diameter) with complete ...

Diagnosis was established with duplex ultrasonography and venography. No thrombus was diagnosed in the aneurysm, but since the patient was uncomfortable with having a tumor in his neck ...