Sports reporter Grant Wahl died of a rupture of an ascending aortic aneurysm with hemopericardium – an accumulation of blood in the sac around his heart – his wife, Dr. Céline Gounder announced on ...

Researchers find genetic clue to identify those at risk for aortic aneurysms. Sept. 14, 2011— -- Professional singer and mother of four Patty Peterson led a busy life in 2007, unaware that a rare ...

Never heard of an abdominal aortic aneurysm? Then listen up! The often fatal condition is on the rise across North America (largely because of early detection). To learn more, SheKnows.com chatted ...

Major Medical Devices, Inc. ( (MMD), an emerging innovator in vascular intervention technologies with a highly differentiated, potentially quick to market device in a $3 billion market, announces ...

Given the growing proportion of elderly people in Western societies and the increasing prevalence of chronic hypertension, the management of aneurysmal aortic disease is an ever growing challenge.

Your aorta is a tube-like structure that resembles a candy cane. The thoracoabdominal aorta starts after the curve of the cane and extends past the arteries that deliver blood to the stomach, ...

LITTLE FALLS, N.J., July 7-- Clinicians may miss a substantial number of new abdominal aortic dilations on CT scans, researchers have found. Clinical teams didn't record about 60% of dilations within ...

A small number of potentially game-changing trials in Europe and around the world could be on the verge of identifying, for the first time, a medical treatment to prevent the progression of abdominal ...

A brain or aortic aneurysm can be serious and even deadly. Because many people will never have symptoms, it’s important to know the causes and risk factors, so you can take steps to help prevent them.

The Butte County Sheriff's Office said LaMalfa suffered a medical emergency at his home on Monday evening and underwent ...

A farmer is among the first people in the UK to join a trial which is testing whether a diabetes drug can treat a "deadly" ...

Time for a heart-to-heart. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the US, killing more Americans than cancer and unintentional injuries — including car crashes, falls and overdoses — ...