aortic aneurysm

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Noun1.aortic aneurysm - an aneurysm of the aortaaortic aneurysm - an aneurysm of the aorta    
aneurism, aneurysm - a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall
AAA, abdominal aortic aneurysm - an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta associated with old age and hypertension
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The market study includes insights on segmentation by aneurysm (abdominal aortic aneurysm and thoracic aortic aneurysm), end-users (hospitals and ASCs), and geography (North America, Europe, APAC, Latin America, and MEA).
Shah, M.D., M.P.H., from Harvard Medical School in Boston, and colleagues isolated all coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG; 301,105 procedures), surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR; 111,260 procedures), mitral valve repair or replacement (MV; 54,985 procedures), and isolated thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA; 2,655 procedures) replacement procedures between 2012 and 2014 using the National Inpatient Sample.
Aortic stent grafts are basically used for abdominal and thoracic aortic aneurysm endovascular repair.
A review of 470,006 cardiac surgeries, namely coronary artery bypass graftings (CABG), aortic valve replacements, mitral valve repairs and replacements and thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) operations, uncovered no meaningful differences in in-hospital outcomes for these procedures done in the first quarter of the academic year (July to September) compared to the fourth quarter (April to June).
New data from the full patient cohort of the pivotal Valiant Navion study were also presented analyzing the safety and efficacy of Valiant Navion in subjects with thoracic aortic aneurysm and penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer.
Candidate Gene Reseguencing in a Large Bicuspid Aortic Valve-Associated Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Cohort: SMAD6 as an Important Contributor.
Repair of thoracic aortic aneurysm associated with tracheal and right mainstem bronchus compression.
Around 20 per cent of people suffering from thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection have a genetic predisposition to it.
Operative challenges in management of concurrent interrupted aortic arch and descending thoracic aortic aneurysm. J Vasc Surg 2013; 57: 1661-3.
She said Mr Keys was diagnosed with a thoracic aortic aneurysm after visiting a GP in Doha.