Sentences with phrase «abdominal aortic aneurysms»

The researchers looked at costs and outcomes data from the national Medicare program from 2011 - 12 for five major surgical procedures — coronary artery bypass grafting, pulmonary lobectomy, endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm, colectomy, and hip replacement.

When compared to elective surgery, emergency surgery was 30 percent more expensive for abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, 17 percent more expensive for coronary artery bypass graft and 53 percent more expensive for colon resection.

This cohort study estimates the proportions of emergency department visits attributable to symptoms of imminent ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, acute myocardial infarction, stroke, aortic dissection, and subarachnoid hemorrhage that end in discharge without diagnosis.

Haider, who conducted this research while at the Center for Surgical Trials and Outcomes Research at Johns Hopkins, with colleagues from Howard University, analyzed data from a nationally representative sample of 621,925 patients from 2001 to 2010 who underwent abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, coronary artery bypass graft and colon resection.

Thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection (TAAD), an enlargement or tearing of the walls of the aorta in the chest, is, together with abdominal aortic aneurysms, responsible for about 2 % of all deaths in Western countries.

Without treatment, abdominal aortic aneurysms eventually rupture and lead to death 50 percent of the time.

The next stage is offering men over 65 a simple ultrasound test to detect early abdominal aortic aneurysm, or Triple A - the weakening of the main artery from heart to abdomen which kills over 3000 men a year — eventually saving more than 1600 lives each year.

A new clinical study at the University of Michigan Health System will test the ability of a once daily dose of doxycycline to reduce the growth of small abdominal aortic aneurysms.

«Abdominal aortic aneurysms often go unnoticed because there are no symptoms until they burst,» says Kenji Minakata, an author of the study.

In the study, the team treated rats with enzymes that induce abdominal aortic aneurysm, and found that the condition developed less in rats that drank green tea polyphenol.

Abdominal aortic aneurysm develop less frequently in rats that drank green tea polyphenol, says new research by a Kyoto University team.

Transglutaminase type 2 in human abdominal aortic aneurysm is a potential factor in the stabilization of extracellular matrix.

The clinical trial Non-Invasive Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (N - TA ^ 3CT) will determine whether treatment with doxycycline, a microbial drug that in animal studies inhibited the action of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP), an enzyme linked to the development of AAAs, will lead to reduced growth of an aneurysm.

«We believe daily intake of green tea should be considered as a new preventative strategy for abdominal aortic aneurysm; the focus of future studies will be to investigate optimal doses.»

Without treatment, abdominal aortic aneurysms eventually rupture and lead to death 50 % of the time.

A ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm is usually preceded by aortic calcification (atherosclerosis), while aortic dissection in the chest can not be associated with calcification of the main artery.

In new findings published online in the journal Annals of Surgery on December 19, 2014, researchers determined the hospital costs and risk of death for emergency surgery and compared it to the same operation when performed in a planned, elective manner for three common surgical procedures: abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, coronary artery bypass graft and colon resection.

Einstein died of internal bleeding caused by the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm, a condition he had struggled with for years.

Overactivation of AIM2 has been linked to disorders including psoriasis, an abdominal aortic aneurysm and lupus.

An abdominal aortic aneurysm is a bulge in a section of the aorta, the body's main artery.

«Can medication slow growth of abdominal aortic aneurysms?.»

A Kyoto University team has found that abdominal aortic aneurysm — a condition in which the main artery becomes overstretched and bloated — developed less frequently in rats that drank green tea polyphenol, a major component of green tea.

Dr. Berger and his colleagues found that women have a significantly higher prevalence of peripheral artery disease, while men have a higher prevalence of carotid artery stenosis and a dramatically higher prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysms.

They focused on three different types of PVD: arterial disease in the lower extremities, called peripheral artery disease; carotid artery stenosis, which is blockage in the carotid arteries, the major blood vessels in the neck that supply blood to the brain, neck and face; and abdominal aortic aneurysm, an enlargement of the lower aorta, the major blood vessel that supplies blood to the body.

For abdominal aortic aneurysms, disease prevalence was similar across all age groups.

Sampson UK, Perati RR, Prins PA, Pham W, Liu Z, Harell F, Linton MF, Gore JC, Kon V, Fazio S. Quantitative estimates of variability of in vivo ultrasound imaging measurements of mouse aorta important for studies of abdominal aortic aneurysms and related arterial diseases.

Quantitative estimates of the variability of in vivo sonographic measurements of the mouse aorta for studies of abdominal aortic aneurysms and related arterial diseases.

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There is substantial international variation in mortality rates after treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysm, or enlargement of the aorta.

The aim of this project is to identify factors that are associated with best practice in order to improve the care of patients who are diagnosed with an abdominal aortic aneurysm,» said co-author Dr. Matthew Joe Grima, of St. George's University of London.

Points to novel pathway for drug discovery, will be incorporated into tests to improve screening and early detection of abdominal aortic aneurysm, heart attack and PAD Reykjavik, ICELAND, 11 July 2010 — Scientists at deCODE genetics and academic colleagues from the...

Reykjavik, January 6, 2008 — deCODE scientists today report that the genetic variant on chromosome 9p21 that the company has linked to increased risk of heart attack is also associated with up to 70 % increase in risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and intracranial...

The same sequence variant on 9p21 associates with myocardial infarction, abdominal aortic aneurysm and intracranial aneurysm.

Genome - wide association study identifies a sequence variant within the DAB2IP gene conferring susceptibility to abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Greater fruit and vegetable consumption may also lower the risk of dementia, abdominal aortic aneurysm, macular degeneration, glaucoma, erectile dysfunction, heart disease, and COPD (see also here).

In 2008, a woman was diagnosed with an abdominal aortic aneurysm that required surgery.

Common diagnostic errors in the emergency department include failure to diagnose a heart attack, failure to diagnose appendicitis, failure to diagnose a fracture, and failure to recognize an abdominal aortic aneurysm.

$ 2,200,000.00 for a failure to diagnose an abdominal aortic aneurysm in a 68 year old man who passed away as a result.

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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA), Endovascular Stents, PDA, Advanced General Laparoscopic Surgery.