Atherosclerosis in abdominal aorta may predict adverse cardiovascular events, UTSW scientists report Peer-Reviewed Publication. UT Southwestern Medical Center ...

In the featured article of the March 2017 issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, researchers demonstrate that a new positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracer, gallium-68 (Ga-68)-pentixafor ...

Blakemore, A. H. Progressive constrictive occlusion of aorta with wiring and electrothermic coagulation for treatment of arteriosclerotic aneurysms of abdominal aorta. Ann. Sure. 137:760–777, 1953.

Abdominal aortic aneurysms can happen anywhere below the diaphragm. The intrarenal area of the abdomen, just below the kidneys, is one of the most common places to develop an abdominal aneurysm.

Abdominal aortic aneurysms are diagnosed and monitored in a variety of ways: Abdominal ultrasound Abdominal CT scan Abdominal MRI Your abdominal aorta is about 1.7–2.5 centimeters wide. Doctors ...

Although people with HGPS do not normally have conventional cardiovascular risk factors (hypercholesterolemia, obesity, smoking, etc.), most patients die from the complications of atherosclerosis ...

The iliac arteries carry blood to lower parts of the body and to the legs. Sometimes with aging or other changes, a section of the aorta may weaken and begin to bulge. This bulge can enlarge over time ...

Scoring Atherosclerosis. Disease severity was evaluated using an atherosclerosis score, determined by the number and degree of steno-occlusions of the intracranial and extracranial (including ...

According to the U.S. National Institutes of Health, around half of Americans between the ages of 45 and 84 have atherosclerosis and don’t know it as the disease develops slowly and the onset of ...