...Mark Stuntz Objectives: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a pathological condition characterized by an abnormal, localized dilatation of the lower part of the aorta. Due to a lack of data on the natural history of AAA and risk of death from other cardiovascular diseases attributable to AAA...

...Katherine H. Chau; Jeffrey R. Bender; John A. Elefteriades An ascending aortic aneurysm is a common and very much unwelcome diagnosis that has never been associated with anything positive. We believe, however, that there actually is a silver lining to this disease: aortic root and ascending aortic...

...Dimitrios C. Angouras The pathophysiology of ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms (ATAAs) is far from being fully understood. What is clear, however, is its substantial divergence from the pathophysiology of abdominal aortic aneurysms. A different embryologic origin most likely underlies...

... ectasia Aneurysm Mustard gas Mustard gas is a blistering agent, and it is among the most powerful tactical chemical weapons that exist today. It was widely used against Iranians in the Iran-Iraq war from 1980 to 1988 [ 1 ]. The production of mustard gas is quite simple; therefore...

...Henning Rud Andersen; Erling Falk A 78-year-old man with atherosclerotic heart disease developed extensive right ventricular infarction fibrosis with aneurysm formation following right coronary artery occlusion. No symptoms of right-sided heart failure were present. Postmortem examination revealed...

...Jennifer R. Brown; Gary Plotnick A pulmonary artery aneurysm is defined as pulmonary artery dilatation >4 cm. Pulmonary artery aneurysms are rare findings and are usually not associated with chest pain. This is the first report of a case of pulmonary artery aneurysm causing chest pain...

...Dmitriy N. Feldman; Mary J. Roman Sinus of Valsalva aneurysms are rare cardiac anomalies which may be acquired or congenital, most commonly involving the right or noncoronary sinuses. The congenital aneurysms are more common and often caused by weakness at the junction of the aortic media...

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... has been linked to atherosclerosis and aortic aneurysms. We investigated the serum levels of cystatin C during acute Kawasaki disease. Serum samples from 17 acute Kawasaki disease patients were collected before and after immunoglobulin therapy and also at a median of 17 days after the therapy. Eight...

...Hon-Kan Yip; Mien-Cheng Chen; Chiung-Jen Wu; Chi-Ling Hang; Kelvin Yuan-Kai Hsieh; Chih-Yuan Fang; Kuo-Ho Yeh; Morgan Fu Background: While coronary artery aneurysm is an uncommon anatomic disorder and has various forms, its clinical features and outcome and its impact on thrombus formation...

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