I was offered a low price to get abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening. Is it worthwhile? Who should get screened? — K.D.

I was offered a low price to get abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening. Is it worthwhile? Who should get screened? — K.D.

I was offered a low price to get abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening. Is it worthwhile? Who should get screened? — K.D.

CT imaging of patients entering lung cancer treatment identified a high prevalence of atherosclerosis, according to data ...

I had no symptoms and thousands of people die every year with the condition I now have as it goes undirected until it is too ...

The following is a summary of “Association Between Life's Crucial 9 and Severe Abdominal Aortic Calcification in U.S. Adults: ...

About three in 100 people will have a brain aneurysm, varying in size from less than 5mm to more than 25mm in diameter. The ...

The transversus abdominis (TA) muscle is the deepest of the abdominal muscles. It extends between the ribs and the pelvis, wrapping around the trunk from front to back. The fibers of this muscle run ...

Atherosclerosis is a complex multifactorial pathology that progresses over many decades. Immune-inflammatory responses play key roles in all phases of the pathology and inflammation contributes to ...

Among the segments, the abdominal aorta has the most severe atherosclerosis, followed by the aortic arch, and the ascending aorta is the least severe. The abdominal aorta has fewer laminar units, poor ...

or abdominal aortic calcium Agatston score (AAC), systemic atherosclerosis correlates. We assessed whether living close to a major road and residential fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) exposure were ...

The normal aortic ageing process is accompanied by gradual luminal dilatation and reduction of vessel compliance. However, the influence of age on longitudinal aortic dimensions and geometry has not ...