Sentences with phrase «for aortic aneurysm»

If you have been diagnosed and treated for an aortic aneurysm, there is still a very good chance of being approved for life insurance at a reasonable price.

Therefore, better identification of patients at risk for aortic aneurysm and dissection is considered essential.

«Asthma drug potential treatment for aortic aneurysm.»

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Researchers in Sweden have discovered that eating more fruit could lower risks for an often - lethal form of aortic aneurysm.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the most effective way to prevent aortic aneurysms is reducing risk factors including quitting smoking and controlling high blood pressure and high cholesterol.

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.

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.

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.

Through genetic analysis of a family with a history of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection (TAAD), investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified mutations in the LOX gene, a gene associated with the integrity of the arterial wall, in human subjects for the first time.

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.

Collectively, our work has led to novel pathophysiologic and therapeutic insights for diseases, such as heart failure, aortic aneurysms, diabetes, and skeletal myopathies.

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

Wake Forest Baptist's cardiothoracic team and surgeons deliver exceptional results for all types of heart conditions through procedures such as aortic valve replacements, heart bypass surgery, heart transplants and surgeries and therapies for thoracic aneurysms.

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

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...

Friday, Oct. 21, 9:15 - 9:30 am, Room 119, West Building Platform Presentation: Phenotyping pipeline for bicuspid aortic valve with / without ascending aortic aneurysm highlights pathological relevance of ROBO4 to cardiovascular function C.E. Woods, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, et al

In late 1994, Swackhamer was on location in Berlin shooting for the television film High Command when he died of a ruptured aortic aneurysm.

$ 1.225 million settlement of wrongful death medical malpractice claim for failure of emergency room doctor consider dissecting aortic aneurysm in the face of classic symptoms resulting in an eight hour delay before the correct diagnosis was made preventing timely surgical intervention.

$ 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.