Los Angeles, California… Combined PET and CT scans may be able to detect early pathological changes in the aortic wall and blood vessels that may cause severe cardiovascular events in the future, ...
A woman in her late 80s presented at midnight to the emergency department with sudden onset difficulty breathing, neck pain ...
In asymptomatic patients, AUC was higher for AAC than for Framingham Risk Score at all time points. (HealthDay News) — A computed tomography (CT)-based abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) score is a ...
Your aorta is a tube-like structure that resembles a candy cane. The thoracoabdominal aorta starts after the curve of the cane and extends past the arteries that deliver blood to the stomach, ...
New Orleans, LA – Dr. Hernan Bazan, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Section of Vascular Surgery, at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans’ School of Medicine, is the lead ...
Coronary artery and aortic arch calcification are highly prevalent on chest radiographs of hemodialysis (HD) patients and each is independently and strongly associated with increased mortality risk, ...
With the help of an artificial intelligence (AI) tool, computed tomography (CT) scans taken to look for tumors or bleeding or infections, also revealed calcium buildup in arteries, a sign of worsening ...