Ascending aortic aneurysm (AscAA) is a silent disease and a potentially fatal condition if aortic ... is being born with a bicuspid aortic valve (BAV), with as many as 50% of all BAV patients ...
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA ... that allowed for repair of selected small AAAs. Therefore, considering the large numbers of affected patients, the surgical costs of intervention, and the ...
Fourteen patients with arteriosclerotic aneurysm of the abdominal aorta are described. Excision of the aneurysm and reconstruction by an aortic homograft have been used in all cases. One patient from ...
The following is a summary of “Textbook Outcome’ in Endovascular Aortic Repair is Associated with Improved One-Year Survival,” published in the November 2024 issue of Surgery by Sickels et al. A ...
"I would have been a ticking time bomb," Bugay said. Once the aortic aneurysm was discovered, Bugay was immediately scheduled for open-heart surgery to remove the aneurysm and repair his heart valve.
Ultimately the treatment choice is an art. It is important to understand both the patient and the aneurysm. Is the patient old or young? Healthy or sick? Is the aneurysm ruptured or unruptured? What ...