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HOLLYWOOD, Fla., Jan. 30 (UPI) -- Canadian doctors said Tuesday a minimally invasive emergency treatment appears successful in saving accident victims who suffer deadly aortic tears -- and the ...

An aortoenteric fistula is a rare but life threatening complication of aortic surgery requiring immediate surgical repair. Early symptoms include abdominal pain or vomiting blood. A fistula is an ...

According to two recent studies, a nonsurgical treatment using stent-grafts to repair an injured or diseased thoracic aorta offered patients less risk of paraplegia as well as lower morbidity and ...

Aortic coarctation repair in infancy or childhood has evolved into a highly successful intervention, yet survivors face lifelong cardiovascular sequelae. Even after anatomically satisfactory ...

Patients who have undergone surgery to repair an aortic aneurysm related to having a bicuspid aortic valve have a low risk of future aneurysm events even if participating in endurance exercise, a new ...

Despite improvements in diagnostic and therapeutic methods and an increased awareness of their clinical significance, abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) continue to be a major source of morbidity and ...

An aortocaval fistula is a rare complication of an abdominal aortic aneurysm that requires immediate surgical repair. Doctors can choose to treat it with either open or endovascular surgery. An ...

Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) effectively treats blunt traumatic aortic injury (BTAI), with acceptable long-term survival, low reintervention rates, and early diagnosis of manageable ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. John Boozman underwent heart surgery Tuesday and was recuperating in a northern Virginia hospital. He was expected to be hospitalized for three to five days. Doctors operated ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 78-year-old man who suffered a ruptured aorta six months ago. It was successfully repaired, and I am in generally good health, physically active, back to the gym (less weight ...