The endoprosthesis seals off the aneurysm while allowing blood to flow through the four built-in branches ... the others to the superior mesenteric artery to feed the intestine and colon and the ...

Aortic aneurysms can be deadly. If they rupture, a person only has a 20% chance of survival. The aorta, sometimes referred to as “the pulse of life,” is the main and largest artery in the body ...

Background: Coronary artery disease (CAD) has been a dominating reason of mortality globally due ... 1.00-1.49) risk; genetic liability to celiac disease separately attributed to CAD (OR=1.02; 95%CI: ...

"Many people don't really understand the difference between them." The first example is when your artery becomes blocked (for example, a 95% to 99% blockage). Often, there are symptoms like pain ...

By Clay Risen Tim Johnson, a Democratic senator from South Dakota who suffered a brain aneurysm in 2006, throwing his party’s narrow majority into question for months, then not only returned to ...

A widowmaker heart attack is a type of heart failure in which the heart's biggest artery, the left anterior descending (LAD) artery, is completely blocked. The LAD supplies a significant portion of ...

Hospitalized COVID-19 represented a coronary artery disease risk equivalent since risk of major adverse cardiac event among COVID-19 cases without history of cardiovascular disease was higher than ...