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 ...

Patients who received the less-invasive endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm had a lower risk of death in the first 30 days after the procedure compared to patients who an open repair, ...

(HealthDay News) — Minimally-invasive surgery to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm appears to boost survival in the short term more than traditional surgery does, but that advantage diminishes over ...

Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) holds an edge over surgery for the first 3 years after treatment in terms of all-cause mortality, but the 2 treatments result in similar ...

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 ...

An abdominal aortic aneurysm is a bulge in the section of the aorta that travels down through the abdomen. It occurs because of a weakness in the wall of the aorta. If the aneurysm bursts (ruptures), ...

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 ...

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 ...

Compared with open repair, endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm was associated with a better survival rate in the first 3 years, but a higher rate of late rupture in Medicare beneficiaries ...

Patients who received the less-invasive endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm had a lower risk of death in the first 30 days after the procedure compared to patients who an open repair, ...