They also tracked patients with an aneurysm who underwent 'open surgery', which involves a large incision in the belly. The patients who underwent the EVAR procedure had a lower mortality risk in the ...

A new narrative review maps the emerging techniques—from transcaval access to laser-fenestrated stent grafts to shape memory ...

Three years ago, Dr. Meghana Helder lost a patient hours after performing a risky heart surgery. The procedure, to repair a torn aorta resulting from an aneurysm, had a nearly 20% death rate. There ...

GREENBRAE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MarinHealth announced today that it performed its first vascular surgical procedure for aneurysm repair utilizing advanced AI technology. Allan Conway, MD, Clinical ...

When it comes to treating potentially deadly aortic aneurysms, medicine has come a long way. One Philly biotech startup aims to make those outcomes even better. Minimally invasive surgery on an aortic ...

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Richard Smalling, MD, PhD, is one of the few cardiologists in the country using coil embolization to treat hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. Coil embolization is traditionally used on aneurysms ...

Brain aneurysms are bulging weak areas in the walls of arteries that supply blood to the brain. For many, brain aneurysms are minor and go unnoticed. But for a select few, a brain aneurysm is like a ...

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people worldwide learn that they carry an unruptured intracranial aneurysm, a weak bulge in one of the brain's arteries that has not yet bled but could one ...

An aortic root aneurysm is a bulge in the first section of the aorta, where the artery joins the heart and aortic valve. Treatment for an aortic root aneurysm can help prevent serious complications.