Trials in Europe, the United States, and Australia are underway to determine if the world’s most used diabetes drug could ...

Knowing that she had an aortic aneurysm and now riding in the back of an ambulance flying down Interstate 64, Bonnie Hutton ...

Inpatient CT scans are typically covered by Part A, and outpatient CT scans are usually covered by Parts B and C. Medigap can help decrease out-of-pocket costs. Medicare will cover any medically ...

Background: Thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) poses a significant risk of aortic dissection and mortality. Angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) have been proposed as a potential therapeutic intervention ...

Introduction: The prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysms(AAA) is at least twice as high in patients with coronary artery disease(CAD), and about half of the AAA-patients have clinically relevant CAD ...

If you need medical imaging tests done, you may wonder how much an MRI, CT scan, or other imaging test ... The x-ray, or angiogram, can show blockages, aneurysms, bleeding in the brain, and ...

There are several conditions with serious complications that center around or affect the aorta: Aortic aneurysm: An aortic aneurysm is a bulge in the wall of the aorta. It is a serious condition ...

ANEURYSMECTOMY with prosthetic replacement of the removed arterial segment is now commonplace, and accepted as the treatment of choice for aneurysms of the abdominal aorta. We have been struck by ...

According to data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), wait times in 2023 increased for both MRIs and computed tomography (CT) scans. The number of publicly funded MRIs in ...

According to provincial data, the median wait time for a CT scan increased to 30 weeks at Health Sciences Centre in August. This is more than four times the seven-week wait that was seen during ...