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The Medicine Cabinet: Ask the Harvard Experts: Prognosis for aneurysms depends on location and size
Q: My neighbor suffered a ruptured aneurysm that almost killed her. According to her husband, this came out of the blue. What ...
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PP2A Attenuates Thoracic Aneurysm and Dissection in Mouse Models of Marfan Syndrome
Recent studies show that hyperactivation of mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) signaling plays a causal role in the development of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection ... the growth of the ...
Medscape18d
Aortic Dissections and Thoracic Aneurysms - An Update
The recent INSTEAD trial—a randomized, prospective study performed in 140 patients with uncomplicated Stanford type B aortic dissections—compared standard medical management with endovascular ...
The Lancet26d
Syphilitic bi-valvular endocarditis and myocarditis: modern tools applied to long-forgotten complications of a re-emerging disease
The patient also had classic manifestations of tertiary syphilis: fusiform aneurysm of the aorta and meningovascular syphilis. He underwent bi-valvular and ascending aorta replacement ... Prompted by ...
The New England Journal of Medicine29d
Giant-Cell Aortitis Causing an Aneurysm of the Ascending Aorta and Aortic Regurgitation
ANEURYSMS of the thoracic aorta may be of diverse etiology ... and Lateral Films of the Chest, Demonstrating an Ascending Aortic Aneurysm, with Hyper-trophy of the Left Ventricle and Some ...
Medscape29d
Endovascular Repair of Nonruptured Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms: Systematic Review
[8] The same classification is followed in thoracic aneurysm repair ... included studies did not consistently report the extent of aortic coverage and location of endografts; hence, we are ...