News tagged with abdominal aortic aneurysm

The Medical Minute: What is an abdominal aortic aneurysm?

There are approximately 200,000 people each year found to have an abdominal aortic aneurysm and about 32,000 are repaired electively each year.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Increased likelihood of male death from disease

Research currently being undertaken at the University of Leicester may identify reasons underlying an increased risk of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA) in men.

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created Jun 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study examines regional use of minimally invasive repair of aneurysms

While health policy researchers commonly suggest that geographic variations in the amount of medical care provided can be attributed to hospital costs or physician practice patterns, a new study examining regional utilization ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients shouldn't navigate Internet without physician guide

The Internet has had a profound effect on clinical practice by providing both physicians and patients with a wealth of information. But with those rewards come risks of incorrect or poorly interpreted information that require ...

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created Mar 24, 2010 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Less invasive procedure for repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm may reduce short-term risk of death

Patients who received the less-invasive endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm had a lower risk of death in the first 30 days after the procedure compared to patients who an open repair, but both procedures had ...

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created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Medical Minute: So you have an aneurysm... Now what?

Technically speaking, an aneurysm is a dilation, or an enlargement, of a blood vessel to at least 50 percent beyond its normal diameter. So if a blood vessel is normally one inch wide, it is considered an aneurysm when it ...

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created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Long-term survival from abdominal aortic aneurysm repair improving

Long-term survival for patients undergoing surgical repair of intact abdominal aortic aneurysms has improved in recent decades, according to a Swedish study reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0