Aneurysm occurs when a blood vessel weakens and bulges If this blood vessel is ruptured it can lead to severe internal ...

Aortic rupture occurred in only 3.8% of cases ... Type II endoleaks are much less common in thoracic the aorta. As would be expected from a minimally invasive technique, the incidence of systemic ...

In a multicenter, retrospective review of patients admitted with intact and ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), ...

or child who has a thoracic aortic aneurysm or who has experienced a rupture of an aneurysm or an aortic dissection have ...

This is further classified as IIIa which is confined to the thoracic aorta and IIIb which extends to the abdominal aorta. When the intima becomes compromised, a tear can occur leading to ...

In a dissection or rupture, the amount of oxygen and nutrients available to the body's organs decreases. There are three types of aortic aneurysms. A thoracic aortic aneurysm involves the ...

This is further classified as IIIa which is confined to the thoracic aorta and IIIb which extends to the abdominal aorta. When the intima becomes compromised, a tear can occur leading to ...

Patients that experience sudden symptoms such as chest pain, characterized as a tearing sensation, or back pain, nausea, vomiting, a fast heart beat and possibly the feeling of impending doom, may be ...

Awareness of the clinical significance of thoracic aortic aneurismal ... The risk of ascending aortic complications including rupture and dissection is strongly related to aortic dimensions ...

ANEURYSMS of the thoracic aorta may be of diverse etiology. Atherosclerosis, syphilis, medial degeneration, trauma and occasionally sepsis have been implicated. 1–4 The present case represents a ...

It was possible to separate the complication of stent graft repair of unruptured thoracic aorta in 13 studies (n = 497). Rupture of the aorta (3.8%) and graft migration (2.4%) were the most ...