ALLMedicine™ Aneurysm Center

Sep 18th, 2021 - To investigate the prevalence of and risk factors for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in 65-year-old men in Oslo, Norway. From May 2011, until September 2019, the annual population of 65-year-old men living in Oslo were invited to an ultrasonograp...

Sep 18th, 2021 - Cardiac injuries following blunt trauma are rare but potentially lethal in children. We present a 23-month-old child who sustained an aneurysm of the left ventricle free wall and ventricular septum with associated ventricular septal defect followi...

Sep 18th, 2021 - Coronary arteriovenous fistula with associated aneurysm.|2021|Sen G,Veitch A,Claridge S,|

Sep 17th, 2021 - Abnormalities of the capillaries of the digits in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia can be detected by shining through a narrow beam of light through the dorsal side and visualizing the vasculature on the palmar side, a procedure termed transi...

Sep 16th, 2021 - Extra-cranial posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA) aneurysms are rare with only 22 cases been reported so far. Intra-dural type of extra-cranial PICA aneurysm is even rarer with few case reports available. We report a previously unreported ...

Mar 31st, 2021 - The 2021 guidelines primary panel selected clinically relevant questions and produced updated recommendations, on the basis of important new findings that have emerged since the 2016 guidelines. In patients with clinical atherosclerosis, abdominal...

Jul 7th, 2020 - Thoracic aortic diseases, including disease of the descending thoracic aorta (DTA), are significant causes of death in the United States. Open repair of the DTA is a physiologically impactful operation with relatively high rates of mortality, para...

Dec 11th, 2019 - An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is typically defined as aortic enlargement with a diameter of 3.0 cm or larger. The prevalence of AAA has declined over the past 2 decades among screened men 65 years or older in various European countries. The c...

May 5th, 2018 - Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are a relatively common vascular problem that can be treated with either open, surgical repair or endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR). Both approaches to AAA repair require dedicated preoperative imaging to...

May 5th, 2018 - Although the incidence of thoracic aortic aneurysm is on the rise, initial imaging diagnosis can present a challenge for many clinicians. Providers are faced with many imaging choices as part of the initial workup. Considering level of invasivenes...

Jun 30th, 2021 - Higher serum magnesium levels appear to reduce the risk for intracranial aneurysm and aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. The effects may be partially mediated by magnesium's influence on systolic blood pressure, new research suggests. "The modifi...

Jun 12th, 2021 - Rusfertide (PTG-300) has been shown to be an effective option for patients with polycythemia vera (PV) in that it reverses iron deficiency, improves disease-related symptoms, and eliminates the need for therapeutic phlebotomy, according to data fr...

Apr 15th, 2021 - Patients with aortic dissection (AD) or aortic aneurysm (AA) should not be given fluoroquinolones unless no other treatment options are available, the authors of a new report conclude. In a retrospective cohort study which used data from the Taiwa...

Apr 2nd, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Caution may be required when using anticancer drugs targeting angiogenesis because of the potential risk of artery dissections or aneurysms, according to researchers in France. "Given the associated mortality and morbid...

Jan 19th, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study confirms and strengthens the association between fluoroquinolone antibiotics and increased risk of aortic aneurysm, prompting calls to broaden warnings to include all adults, not just high-risk adults. In De...