Vascular surgeons at St. Peter’s Hospital have performed the Capital Region’s first procedure of its kind to treat ...

In a significant medical advancement for the Capital Region, vascular surgeons at St. Peter's Hospital have successfully ...

Exercise benefits the aorta by improving circulation and reducing risk factors like hypertension, but heavy lifting can be ...

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair has undergone a remarkable transformation over the last 2 decades, primarily driven by ...

An aortic aneurysm is a balloonlike bulging of the aorta, which is the body's largest artery. The big danger is the risk of rupture when it gets too big - which was Mr Duncan's experience.

• Antibiotics seem to reduce surgical site infections in people undergoing aortic or aortoiliac surgery. • Other interventions assessed appear to make little or no difference in reducing the incidence ...

Most significant aneurysms of the abdominal aorta are palpable as a pulsatile, expansile, abdominal mass. In occasional cases of doubtful aortic enlargement an x-ray examination of the abdomen ...

Lucknow: Doctors at a private hospital gave a new lease of life to an 18-year-old boy diagnosed with a combination of two ...

Thoracic aortic aneurysms represent a major health problem. Untreated thoracic aortic aneurysms may rupture, which has a dismal outcome. The standard treatment for thoracic aneurysms is open ...

You’re also more likely to develop it if you have high blood pressure, which can damage the part of the aorta where it meets the aortic valve. Older adults are more likely than younger people ...