A brain aneurysm, also called a cerebral aneurysm, is a bulge or ballooning in a blood vessel in the brain.

A thoracic aortic aneurysm forms in the portion of the aorta in the chest, above the diaphragm. Thoracic aortic aneurysms occur in about 6 to 10 of 100,000 people. About 40 percent of people with ...

Over 95% of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) rupture into the retroperitoneal space. Rare types of AAA ruptures comprise ruptures into the inferior vena cava with aortocaval fistula formation ...

This bulge in the aorta is called an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). An aneurysm is a bulge or balloon that forms in the wall of a blood vessel. An aneurysm is most commonly a result of an ...

The ascending aorta forms the beginning or handle of the cane and originates ... An ascending or aortic arch aneurysm refers to ballooning out of the aorta which causes aortic wall weakening. The ...

Each year, nearly half a million people worldwide die from brain aneurysms. In the U.S., an estimated 6.7 million people have ...

A left ventricular aneurysm can form after a transmural myocardial infarction and involves dilation of the left ventricular wall in an abnormal fashion. Most commonly, the apex of the heart is ...

The sites where vascular aneurysms typically form have a predilection from the outset, even in healthy people. This is shown by a study conducted by medical researchers from Bochum and Bonn.

An ascending aortic aneurysm occurs when the aortic wall becomes weakened and enlarges. Many causes exist including atherosclerosis, hypertension and connective tissue disorders. There are no ...

[110] Screening for popliteal aneurysms in patients with small AAAs is not cost effective. [111] However, as part of the AAA preoperative assessment, clinical examination of the popliteal vessels ...

Recently, the research teams led by Professors Yu Tao and Feng Yugong from The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University ...