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Brain aneurysms of all sizes — even small ones the size of a pea — are up to 12 times more likely to rupture if they are growing, according to a new UCLA study. Published July 2 in the online edition ...

Sept. 26 -- THURSDAY, Sept. 25 (HealthDay News) -- The risk of a brain aneurysm rupturing over time depends on the location and size of the aneurysm, according to a new Mayo Clinic study. The ...

A lawyer representing a dentist operated on by famed heart surgeon Dr. Michael DeBakey said his client agreed to a procedure after DeBakey wrongly told him his aneurysm had doubled in size. Opening ...

The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body. It leaves the heart and forms an arch. The arch’s downward portion, called the descending aorta, is connected to a network of arteries that supplies ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a very active 78-year-old woman. I had a CT scan for calcium and an aneurysm of the ascending thoracic aorta was found. In 2014 it measured 3.6 cm and in 2019 3.7. My doctor ...

In patients with ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) and no other organ-system abnormalities, the absolute risk of aortic dissection is low but increases with larger aortic sizes, according to ...

The presence of an atrial septal aneurysm (ASA), but not shunt size, is associated with recurrent stroke in patients with a patent foramen ovale (PFO) who have already suffered a PFO-related stroke, ...

Dear Dr Roach: My husband will be 83 in September and was recently diagnosed with an ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm measuring 4.8 cm. Five centimeters is when they do something. After hearing ...