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 ...

Although an aneurysm can occur in any artery of the body, it is most common in the abdominal aorta and the iliac arteries. While the aorta’s diameter normally ranges from 2-3 cm (1 ½ inches), an ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

A 37-year-old woman with a history of injection-drug use was admitted with 3 weeks of abdominal pain. CT angiography showed aneurysmal dilatation of the infrarenal abdominal aorta (aortic diameter, ...