Abdominal aortic aneurysm, a weakening and ballooning of the aorta, the largest blood vessel in the body, may result in a life-threatening rupture. In a small, preliminary study examining a ...

Mean initial TAA size was 4.4 cm, with 13.0% and 4.4% of the cohort, respectively, having TAA sizes of at least 5.0 and 5.5 cm. Over a mean 3.7 years of follow up, only 0.7% of the cohort reported ...

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Causes. Doctors don’t know exactly why abdominal aortic aneurysms happen, but they do know several things that can play a part in causing weakness in the walls of your ...

The analysis found: Participants who reported a previous COVID-19 infection were 9.7 times as likely to have rapid abdominal aortic aneurysm growth (higher growth than the average of 2.7 mm per year).

In my most recent column, that was an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Most adults with an ascending TAA are recommended for surgical repair at a diameter of 5.5 cm. However, if the aneurysm is rapidly ...

The widow of soccer journalist Grant Wahl revealed he died of an aortic aneurysm while covering the World Cup in Qatar.. During the quarterfinal match between Argentina and the Netherlands, the 49 ...