Global life expectancy is rising, and people are becoming increasingly sedentary, due to which the risk of developing aneurysms is also increasing, leading to the huge demand for aortic stent grafts.

There is currently no way to stop calcification of the aortic valve. If all else fails, the valve must be replaced. To better ...

Table 1 depicts preoperative data regarding the patients with or without HSK. The mean age of the patients with HSK was 67.29 ± 2.43 years. Although preoperative serum creatinine levels were ...

Chyloperitoneum Following Abdominal Aortic Surgery Emilie Olthof; Jan D. Blankensteijn; George J.M. Akkersdijk Disclosures Vascular. 2008;16 (5):258-262. Discussion Etiology ...

A new study found that the gap in life expectancy between American Indians and Alaska Natives and the national average was 2.9 times greater than official U.S. statistics.

Wondering how long one's life will last is a universal thought. The average life expectancy in the United States is 81.4 years for women and 75.8 years for men, according to the Centers for ...

Winski et al. evaluate the miRNA abundance in plasma of around 200 patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and matched controls. MiR-15a is identified as a candidate biomarker and AAA mouse ...

Aortic stenosis is a heart valve disease that some people don't realize they have. So what is it, how is it treated?

Some research suggests that people with PsA have a slightly shorter life expectancy than the general population. This is similar to other autoimmune conditions, like rheumatoid arthritis.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is now an established treatment option for elderly patients with severe ...

A person’s life expectancy after a mini stroke can be reduced by around 4% in the first year following the event in comparison to people who have not had one.