A CT scan provides valuable information about your aorta, such as the location and size of an aneurysm or dissection. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) is ...

A “fit and healthy” woman, Marie Anne August, experienced a “ripping” and bubbling” feeling in her chest. The 45-year-old was ...

Hiren Parekh, a Yale junior and Saxony Lutheran alum, presented research on gender disparities in Type A aortic dissection at ...

The weakened sections of the aortic wall may become unable to support the force ... Therefore, your doctor needs to look at pictures (x-rays, CT scan) of your aneurysm and graft on a regular basis.

Abdominal aortic aneurysms affect around 1.1 million people ... blood tests (to check for an infection), and imaging tests such as CT scans, MRIs, and angiograms. Treatment for an aneurysm depends ...

During her doctoral research, Esther Maas investigated the use of new ultrasound techniques to image dangerous aortic ... MRI and CT allow the entire three-dimensional shape of the aneurysm ...

Bob Lowth Ford General Manager Todd Moudry had long been in good health, so when he was diagnosed with an ascending aortic aneurysm in 2018, he could hardly believe it was true.