With a 3D digital imaging of the blood vessels, Dr. Guilherme Dabus, Director of the Interventional Neuroradiology Fellowship Program with Baptist Health Neuroscience Center, explains how aneurysms can happen.
He describes how physicians do procedures for treating ischemic strokes and …
The 3D printer technology is extremely useful in several cases such as complex aneurysms, explains Dr. Italo Linfante, Medical Director of Interventional Neuroradiology & Endovascular Neurosurgery with Baptist Health Neuroscience Center, who also affirms physicians can model the exact AVM …
Barry Katzen, Founder and Chief Medical Executive at Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, says when the artery is dilated two and a half times normal there is a risk of rupture. He points out these aneurysms tend to be localized …
An open surgery for an aortic aneurysm has risks, such as bleeding, infection, heart problems, stroke, and respiratory failure, among others. Dr. Marco Bologna, Cardiothoracic Surgeon with Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, explains the risks that any open-heart surgery has, …
Age, atherosclerosis, smoking, and connective tissue disorders are some of the risk factors of aortic aneurysm. Dr. Marco Bologna, Cardiothoracic Surgeon with Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, talks about the predispositions for aortic aneurysms, which ones are the most common …
Chest X-ray, echocardiogram, CT scan, angiogram and MRI are the tests used to diagnose an aortic aneurysm. Dr. Marco Bologna, Cardiothoracic Surgeon with Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, explains why most of the time the diagnosis is incidental when patients …
Aneurysm usually fills up with clot. Dr. Athanassios Tsoukas, Vascular Surgeon with Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, explains the problems that clot can cause if it is attached to the aneurysm.…
The thoracic aortic aneurysm and the abdominal aortic aneurysm are two types of aneurysms that can be very dangerous. Barry Katzen, Founder and Chief Medical Executive at Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, explains the beginning of the aorta is the …
