The elderly patient had endured two months of suffering after falling from the bed. Thankfully, the fall led to accurate and ...

This bulge in the aorta is called an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). An aneurysm is a bulge or balloon that forms in the wall of a blood vessel. An aneurysm is most commonly a result of an ...

THE complications of aneurysm of the abdominal aorta have frequently been discussed, but sudden occlusion has not been included among them. Spontaneous rupture into the retroperitoneal space ...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that men between the ages of 65 and 75 who have ever smoked get an ultrasound screening for abdominal aortic aneurysms, even if they they have no ...

Because an abdominal aortic aneurysm typically develops without any noticeable symptoms until rupture occurs, abdominal or back pain might be the only warning signs. Therefore, to detect an ...

The evolution of the safety and effectiveness evaluation of endovascular grafts intended for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair ...

and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase (TIMP)-1 expression in the wall of abdominal aortic aneurysms. A double-blind, randomized study was conducted of patients treated with doxycycline (100 mg ...

Vascular. 2005;13(5):275-285. COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CRF = chronic renal failure; IHD = ischemic heart disease. *Statistically significant at the p < .05 level. Sherif ...