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Patient Told There Was “No Hope” Turns 90
Cleveland Clinic prides itself on having good outcomes with patients whom other medical centers might consider to sick or too old for certain procedures. Emma Neubauer is a perfect example. She had a...
View ArticleQuestions About Marfan Syndrome or Aorta Disease?
Marfan Syndrome is a condition that affects the connective tissue of the body and causes damage to the heart, aorta, and other parts of the body. It is caused by a gene defect and in most cases, the...
View ArticleRoutine Tests Saved Her Life… Twice!
A year ago, Barbara Hagan, an East Lansing,Mich., substitute teacher and then 47-year-old mother of three, sat in an examination room while her doctor reviewed the results of her MRI. A breast cancer...
View Article3-D Printers: Hit "Print." Get Organ.
It’s startling. You turn a corner in a laboratory, and there’s a table full of human aortas. Twisted. Aneurytic. Swollen to the verge of bursting. These aren’t real aortas, but startlingly detailed...
View ArticleGender Gap in Aortic Repair Compare
Women have enough to worry about. That’s why TBE regrets having to report on a recent study in the Journal of Vascular Surgery on the outcomes of women undergoing various procedures for abdominal...
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Former cancer patient conquers serious heart condition
A year ago, Barbara Hagan, an East Lansing, Mich. substitute teacher and then 47-year-old mother of three, sat in a hospital patient room while her doctor reviewed the results of her MRI. A breast...
View ArticleYour Guide to Treating Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (Video)
The aorta is the most important artery in your circulatory system, transporting oxygen-rich blood from the heart out to all of the blood vessels of your body. But the part of this artery just below the...
View ArticleNew FMD Guidelines Pave the Way for More Research (Video)
The American Heart Association recently introduced new guidelines on a condition called fibromuscular dysplasia. The multi-disciplinary statement will help to pave the way for new research. This will...
View ArticleFixing Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Without Invasive Surgery (Video)
Treating aneurysms throughout the body usually requires open surgery, but now we’re able to use a minimally invasive procedure to repair abdominal aortic aneurysms. These are aneurysms that occur in...
View ArticleSealing Your Aortic Aneurysms at or Above the Kidneys (Video)
Some patients have abdominal aortic aneurysms that dilate the aorta at or above the renal arteries. These are the arteries that branch out to the kidneys. Vascular surgeons use fenestrated stent grafts...
View ArticleFixing Your Aortic Tear Without Surgery (Video)
If you could get a glimpse inside your aortic artery, you would see that it’s much like the inside of a garden hose. It has a thick inner layer with a thinner outer layer as protection. When the artery...
View ArticleHope and Help for Radiation-Damaged Hearts (Video)
No one wants to hear that they’ve been diagnosed with cancer, but advances in treating cancer with multiple therapies including chemotherapy, surgery and radiation continue to save lives. According to...
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New Tech May Improve Your Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (Video)
Ongoing trials are testing a novel approach to preventing endoleaks (residual bleeding) that affect up to 20 percent of all patients who undergo endovascular aneurysm repair. A relatively common...
View ArticleWhy Statins May Offer Treatment Benefits for Your Aortic Aneurysm
If you have coronary artery disease or peripheral vascular disease, using statins is clearly a benefit to your health. In those cases, statins lower your risk of future cardiac events. However, when it...
View ArticleCan You Prevent Narrowing of Your Aortic Valve? (Video)
We’ve suspected for some time that high cholesterol is one of the risk factors for developing aortic stenosis (narrowing of the aortic valve). It’s been clear that high cholesterol is a risk factor for...
View ArticleRepairing Your Aortic Root Aneurysms
Needing surgery to repair an aortic root aneurysm is a scary diagnosis, but it doesn’t have to be. The methods for fixing this type of bulge in the aorta just above the aortic valve are durable and...
View ArticleTAVR Heart Procedure Called “Transformative” for Your Aortic Valve
A minimally invasive technique for aortic valve replacement has emerged as one of the most exciting innovations in heart care in decades. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) allows doctors to...
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