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, ...

MINNEAPOLIS— Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) provides similar long-term survival to open repair, according to the latest results of the Open Versus Endovascular Repair (OVER) ...

Five-Year Results from U.S. IDE Study Presented at Society for Vascular Surgery Meeting CHICAGO - June 20, 2015 - Selected for nearly one of every two endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) ...

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), ...

Same-day discharge is safe and feasible in about one-third of patients who undergo endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) with a percutaneous closure device, according to a study ...

April 18, 2012 (Washington, DC) – Medicare-age abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) patients have a better long-term survival prognosis with endovascular repair than with open surgery, according to a new ...

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 ...

Aortic aneurysm surgery is generally safe, but it can lead to complications like blood clots, ischemic events, and bleeding. Your doctor can give you a better idea of your specific risk of ...

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 ...