We describe three patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and RAS who were treated by placement of an aortic endograft and renal artery angioplasty (with or without stent). Figure 1 ...

Ascending aortic aneurysms are a subtype of thoracic aneurysms, which occur in the chest area. They affect thousands of Americans annually and can be life threatening if not monitored. An aneurysm ...

A normal abdominal aorta is approximately 2.0 cm in diameter -- about the size of a quarter -- but an aneurysm puts stress on the artery walls.

So, the normal abdominal aorta is about two centimeters. So, once it gets 150% or one-and-a-half times its normal size, it's called an aneurysm. So, once it's three centimeters or greater, it's an ...

People may feel a pulse in their abdominal aorta, a large artery that runs through the stomach area. People may feel pulsing in the stomach during pregnancy or when pressing on the abdomen. It can ...

To evaluate the renal arteries and abdominal aorta in patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PEX). Prospective, case–control study. The study involved 49 patients with PEX and 42 control ...

Your aorta is the main artery that carries blood from your heart to the rest of your body. It runs from your heart, down the center of your chest, and into your abdomen.It’s normal to feel blood ...

An aortic aneurysm extending to the renal arteries was resected, and a preclotted, bifurcation prosthesis of knitted Teflon, 2.1 cm. in diameter, inserted between the aorta and common iliac ...

The purpose of the present communication is to present a case secondary to an arteriosclerotic aneurysm of the abdominal aorta. In Orkin's 1 comprehensive paper, the 26 cases previously recorded ...