Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Rates of open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair decreased by nearly 80% among Medicare beneficiaries during the ...

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 ...

That women fare worse than men after treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysm isn’t news, but 10 years’ worth of US registry data show that the difference is long-lasting and appears restricted to ...

Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) is a minimally invasive surgery that may be used for aortic aneurysms. It involves placing a stent into the aorta to prevent a life threatening aneurysm rupture.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an update to its January 2022 safety communication on the use of Endologix AFX endovascular grafts to treat patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm ...

Researchers published an updated risk score for patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms that incorporates the rise in endovascular procedures for the condition. The condition is often fatal, ...

Elective abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair in patients with a cancer diagnosis is associated with several poor postoperative outcomes according to a newly published study from researchers at the ...

Pneumonia is a common postoperative complication, with a mortality of up to 40%. The Post-operative Pneumonia Risk Index (PPRI) was derived from a large cohort of general surgical patients but has not ...

A nearly 20-year analysis sheds new light on sex disparities following abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) rupture and subsequent repair. The study found that women were older than men, had aneurysms that ...

Most people with an abdominal aortic aneurysm don’t show any symptoms — they don’t know that the largest blood vessel in their body is slowly and silently dilating, creating a blood-filled bulge. If ...