A veteran's study identified more than a dozen genes associated with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) that could be used to better identify people at risk for the often-deadly condition, according to ...

Most people with an abdominal aortic aneurysm don’t show any symptoms — they don’t know that the largest blood vessel in their body is slowly and silently dilating, creating a blood-filled bulge. If ...

A large-scale analysis found that the number of abdominal aortic aneurysm patients has more than tripled over 13 years.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients who received a stent graft for endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, rates of ...

What Is an AAA Screening Ultrasound? An AAA screening (or abdominal aortic aneurysm screening) is an ultrasound that looks at the main blood vessels in the abdomen. This imaging study allows your ...

Every year, October 18 is the 'World Menopause Day' established by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Society of menopause (IMS). Menopause is not just a process of ending ...

Elective abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair in patients with a cancer diagnosis is associated with several poor postoperative outcomes according to a newly published study from researchers at the ...

Abdominal aortic aneurysm, a weakening and ballooning of the aorta, the largest blood vessel in the body, may result in a life-threatening rupture. In a small, preliminary study examining a potential ...

CIDEC/FSP27 promotes obesity-related AAA by modulating adipocyte-derived CCL2 secretion and macrophage infiltration through JNK signaling. Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a degenerative lesion ...

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