For patients with a history of overt hepatic encephalopathy (OHE), rifaximin monotherapy (MT) results in significantly fewer ...

The FDA has approved the Gore EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis (TAMBE) device to treat aortic aneurysms. A ...

The aorta continues on down to the descending aorta that further supplies blood to the rest of your body. An ascending or aortic arch aneurysm refers to ballooning out of the aorta which causes aortic ...

A County Antrim man who had a "dangerously large" aneurysm has said he has a new appreciation for life after having surgery. Michael Hughes, from Carrickfergus, had never heard about abdominal ...

Popliteal artery aneurysms (PAAs) are the most frequent peripheral aneurysm with a significant morbidity if left untreated. Open surgical technique is still considered the gold standard ...

The location of an aneurysm is also important. Aneurysms on blood vessels located in the back half of the brain (vertebral arteries, the basilar artery, and the posterior communicating artery) are at ...

Complications were classified in four categories: wound (including infection, hematoma, incisional hernia and dehiscence); vascular (including hepatic artery thrombosis or aneurysm, hepatic or ...

The two aneurysms they first saw were on the main artery of her brain, which was pushing on a nerve and causing the pain in her eye. They later found a third. A brain aneurysm is "a bulge or ...

An aneurysm is a weak, bulging or "ballooning" spot on a brain artery wall. Some are tiny and not ruptured, and may not require treatment, while others may be life-threatening. "For those with a ...

Aortic aneurysms can be deadly. If they rupture, a person only has a 20% chance of survival. The aorta, sometimes referred to ...

Risk factors for mental illness include diagnosed, but untreated unruptured intracranial aneurysms, especially among younger vs older individuals.