UC Davis Health vascular surgeons are among the first in the country to treat patients with thoracic aortic disease by using ...

A beveled aortic hemiarch replacement is a surgical procedure to repair an aortic aneurysm or aortic dissection in the ascending ... In addition, many patients experience improved quality of life ...

This bulge in the aorta is called an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). An aneurysm is a bulge ... exam and possibly a CT scan or ultrasound. In this approach, surgery is performed to repair the section ...

Contemporary embolization strategies for active sac management during EVAR.

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Once the aortic aneurysm was discovered, Bugay was immediately scheduled for open-heart surgery to remove the aneurysm and repair his heart valve. The complex operation took several hours ...

A new study from the University of Michigan has found that women are more likely to die from complications after high-risk ...

The evolution of the safety and effectiveness evaluation of endovascular grafts intended for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair ...

Of those who make it to the hospital alive, 50 percent do not survive the repair. Among patients with a thoracic aortic aneurysm who have elective surgery, the five-year survival rate is 85 ...