Chronic abdominal aortic occlusive disease (CAAOD) is a rare form of peripheral arterial disease ... Patient 12 presented with secondary thromboembolism in the lumen (table 2). The burden of calcified ...

If the arteries in your legs are involved, plaque buildup can lead to loss ... Smoking is associated with a significantly increased risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm. The Society for Vascular ...

In patients who are stable, computed tomography will continue to be used to evaluate the extent of the aneurysm and identify a leak. Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) present an important diagnostic ...

Abdominal pain is considered chronic if it lasts for more than three months. The pain may be constant or it can come and go over the three-month period or longer. There are many health conditions, ...

The transversus abdominis (TA) muscle is the deepest of the abdominal muscles. It extends between the ribs and the pelvis, wrapping around the trunk from front to back. The fibers of this muscle run ...

Possible causes of an abdominal lump include hernias, lipomas, hematomas, undescended testicles, and tumors. These can appear as an area of swelling or a bulge that protrudes from the abdominal ...

Objectives Differentiation between normal and abnormal features of vascular ageing is crucial, as the latter is associated with adverse outcomes. The normal aortic ageing process is accompanied by ...

Here, we show that genetic deletion of CCR4 in hypercholesterolemic mice accelerates the development of early atherosclerotic lesions characterized by an inflammatory plaque phenotype. This was ...

Department of Cardiology, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia Correspondence to: Dr Angus Nightingale Department of Cardiology, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, ...