News tagged with endovascular repair
New guidelines aim to prevent unnecessary death from thoracic aortic disease
When actor John Ritter died suddenly in 2003 from a tear in his thoracic aorta—the large artery that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body—that tragedy brought attention to a rare but deadly condition that ...
Mar 16, 2010 |
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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
Feb 10, 2011 |
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New class of implantable monitoring devices for heart patients
CardioMEMS, a graduate of Georgia Tech’s ATDC startup accelerator, is a rising star in the medical device industry. Pioneering a new class of monitoring devices for heart patients, the company completed ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Feb 04, 2011 |
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Treating complex brain aneurysms without open surgery
A new device to treat brain aneurysms with stents improves access to the blood vessels allowing endovascular neurosurgeons to offer the minimally invasive technique to patients with complex cases. Dr. Demetrius Lopes, an ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 19, 2011 |
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Research team documents benefits of endovascular stent repair for traumatic aortic injury
A UC Davis team of cardiovascular specialists has demonstrated the effectiveness of using stents -- as compared to traditional open-chest surgery -- to repair aortas that are torn as the result of accidents. The researchers ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Apr 30, 2010 |
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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 ...
Apr 02, 2010 |
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Scott & White Memorial Hospital uses device to revolutionize treatment of traumatic aortic injury
Scott & White Memorial Hospital vascular surgeons Clifford Buckley, M.D., and Ruth Bush, M.D., performed one of the nation's first implants of a Next Generation Conformable GORE TAG Thoracic Endoprosthesis device for the ...
Feb 10, 2010 |
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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 ...
Oct 13, 2009 |
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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 ...
Sep 09, 2009 |
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A ticking bomb: Novel procedure treats high-risk aortic aneurysms
Patrick Lane, age 74, was plagued by recurring aortic aneurysms ten years ago that threatened his survival. His doctor at the time suggested he contact a leading vascular surgeon at UCLA who was pioneering a new treatment ...
Jul 15, 2009 |
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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.
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Jul 06, 2009 |
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