A 56-year-old man with a medical history of hypertension, congestive heart failure, heavy smoking, alcoholism, and a small abdominal aortic aneurysm developed a 10 cm sacular aneurysm arising from the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . IV thrombolysis appeared safe among patients who had acute ischemic stroke with saccular unruptured intracranial ...

Intravenous thrombolysis (IVT) seems to be relatively safe for acute ischemic stroke patients who have even larger-sized saccular unruptured intracranial aneurysms (UIAs), a Finnish study suggests. "I ...

An aortic aneurysm occurs when a weak aortic wall stretches, causing it to bulge. An aortic dissection occurs when there’s a tear in the aortic wall, which can be fatal if not treated immediately. The ...

They are more common than people may think. We talked to experts about the risks, symptoms and treatments By Dani Blum The soccer journalist Grant Wahl collapsed and died suddenly while covering the ...

Certain types of aortic aneurysms have no symptoms unless they rupture, while others can cause pain or discomfort in the chest, abdomen, back, and elsewhere. An aortic aneurysm is an abnormal bulge in ...

When an aneurysm occurs in the chest (above your diaphragm) it's called a thoracic aortic aneurysm. Thoracic aortic aneurysms are classified based on which part of the aorta is abnormal: While your ...

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 ...