News tagged with ruptured aneurysm
The Medical Minute: So you have an aneurysm... Now what?
Sep 09, 2009 |
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Technically speaking, an aneurysm is a dilation, or an enlargement, of a blood vessel to at least 50 percent beyond its normal diameter. So if a blood vessel is normally one inch wide, it is considered an aneurysm when it ...
Long-term survival from abdominal aortic aneurysm repair improving
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Long-term survival for patients undergoing surgical repair of intact abdominal aortic aneurysms has improved in recent decades, according to a Swedish study reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
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Aneurysms don't occur earlier in second generation
Feb 23, 2009 |
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People whose parents or aunts and uncles have had a brain aneurysm are more likely to have one themselves, indicating that genetic risk factors passed down by generation are responsible. Prior studies had suggested that ...
Angiography detects cerebral aneurysms
May 07, 2007 |
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A Canadian study has found computerized tomography has a nearly 100 percent detection rate for acute ruptured cerebral aneurysms.
New treatment option for ruptured brain aneurysms
Aug 25, 2009 |
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Researchers in Finland have identified an effective new treatment option for patients who have suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm, a potentially life-threatening event. Results of the new study on stent-assisted coil embolization ...
Smokers with stroke in the family 6 times more likely to have stroke too
Jan 01, 2009 |
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A new study shows that people who are smokers and have a family history of brain aneurysm appear to be significantly more likely to suffer a stroke from a brain aneurysm themselves. The research is published in the December ...
New devices less effective in thwarting brain aneurysm recurrence
Feb 21, 2008 |
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A retrospective analysis of 100 patients suffering from a ruptured brain aneurysm has found that expensive new coiling devices are no more effective than bare platinum coils at preventing aneurysms from recurring.
Study Finds Low Risk in Treating Previously Coiled Aneurysm
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The risks associated with treating a recurrent or residual brain aneurysm that was initially treated by endovascular coiling are low, according to a multicenter study led by researchers at ...
Will screening for aortic aneurysm be effective?
Apr 18, 2008 |
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Pilot screening programmes for abdominal aortic aneurysms in men aged 65 are due to be launched in England this year, but is this move too hasty? Two experts debate the issue in this week's BMJ.
Routine testing after aneurysm coiling carries low risk
Nov 18, 2008 |
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A very low risk of complication is associated with a routine test that determines whether a brain aneurysm treated with endovascular coiling has started to recur, a study led by the University of Cincinnati Neuroscience Institute ...
Minimally invasive stroke treatment produces better patient outcomes than surgical operation
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 29, 2009 |
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While minimally invasive coil treatments for those with a ruptured brain aneurysm have proved to be a more effective technique than traditional surgical operation in selected patients, the superior procedure is drastically ...
The Medical Minute: New treatment of brain aneurysms
Oct 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center recently became only the third hospital in Pennsylvania and one of only about 30 institutions in the country to offer a new minimally invasive treatment for brain ...
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