Of Arterial Aneurysm - Articles
Aneurysm - The Silent Killer
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Diana Y.
An aneurysm is a bulging out of part of the wall of a blood vessel. Aneurysms occur in several different forms. Saccular aneurysms protrude from the wall of the artery, like a berry. They may occur singly or in groups. Risk factors for saccular aneurysms include high blood pressure (hypertension), cigarette smoking and various diseases of the conne ...
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New Technology for Intracranial Aneurysms
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Dr. Shaheen Lakhan
An intracranial aneurysm can be defined as a thin sac that develops in the brain through the swelling of a weakened blood vessel. As the swelling increases, the wall of the blood vessel (aneurysm) becomes weaker and runs the risk of causing a stroke if it ruptures in the patient’s brain. Most patients who suffer from an intracranial aneurysm ...
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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Surviv ...
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Dr. Rubens D.
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Survival Is ImprovingSince 1987, long-term survival has increased 4.7 percent after intact aneurysm repair in Sweden 12 july 2009-- During the past 20 years, long-term survival has improved for Swedish patients undergoing intact abdominal aortic aneurysm repair and remained stable for those undergoing ruptured abdominal a ...
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Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Stroke
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Dr. Steve Murphy
Today I am writing to bring your attention to another gene found in Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm. There is a nice genetic review on the subject at GeneTests.orgThe problem with Aneurysms is that they are essentially ticking time bombs in the body often waiting to explode and ultimately kill you by bleeding in your brain, chest or belly. Kind of makes S ...
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Operation for aneurysm yields ne ...
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Dr. Rubens D.
Operation for aneurysm yields nearly normal longevity08 july 2009--Preventive operations are being used more and more often to treat abdominal aortic aneurysms. Even though the operation is now being offered to ever older and sicker patients, the long-term survival of those who have had the operation has improved over the last two decades. This is ...
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Apple Aneurysm Baked Oatmeal
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Diana D.
Sarah, you are officially my oatmeal hero right now. My breakfast this morning was fairly epic, and since the parentals are still in vacay mode and taking forever to pick me up to go to CT for the weekend, I think I'll share with you. I knew that Sarah's baked oatmeal needed to be in my tummy ever since reading one of her posts yesterday, so last ...
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Healthy Moms Dictionary - Aneurysm
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Cascia T.
Aneurysms are more common than most people think. Today the Healthy Moms Dictionary will explore all the different types of aneurysms with a major focus on brain aneurysms. An aneurysm is a localized widening of a vein, artery or the heart. There is usually a bulge at the point of the aneurysm. There are several different types of aneurysms. A fe ...
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Left Ventricular Aneurysm in Patient With Scleroderma
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Jan
By Niken Wulandari and Colleague We present a case of a patient with scleroderma with a rare form of cardiac involvement. Transthoracic echocardiography showed a left ventricular (LV) aneurysm in the base of the posterior free-wall. Cardiac catheterization revealed normal coronary arteries with a prominent aneurysm seen on left ventriculogram. Alth ...
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New approaches lower aneurysm ri ...
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Dr. Rubens D.
New approaches lower aneurysm risk: studyLONDON, 06 june 2009-- Better diagnosis and treatment over the last 30 years have considerably reduced the risk of dying from a highly fatal type of aneurysm, Dutch scientists reported on Thursday.Techniques such as CT and MRI scans are now widely used in the developing world to detect aneurysms but it was n ...
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The dirty little secret about aneurysms
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Dr. William D.
Jake had an abdominal aneurysm identified--by accident. While getting a CT scan of his abdomen for unexplained abdominal pain, a 4.4 cm aneurysm was discovered. Jake's abdominal pain eventually passed without explanation, but he was left with this aneurysm. Jake's primary care doctor referred him to a surgeon. "It's too small to require surg ...
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