There are symptoms of AVM such as dizziness or headaches, but most patients don’t always have it. Dr. Italo Linfante, Medical Director of Interventional Neuroradiology & Endovascular Neurosurgery with Baptist Health Neuroscience Center, considers it’s important to do some studies to have a correct diagnosis. Angiography is the best detailed test to diagnose an AVM, […]

To prevent aortic aneurysm, Dr. Athanassios Tsoukas, Vascular Surgeon with Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, advises quitting cigarettes because smoking is the main cause of it. The specialist also talks about how a healthy diet, managing blood pressure and cholesterol, as well as exercises can help prevent this condition.

There are different types of aneurysm. Abdominal aortic aneurysm is the most common, says Dr. Athanassios Tsoukas, Vascular Surgeon with Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute. The specialist explains all of them and also talks about treatments.

AVM or arteriovenous malformation is a malformation of the vessels of the brain, explains Dr. Italo Linfante, Medical Director of Interventional Neuroradiology & Endovascular Neurosurgery with Baptist Health Neuroscience Center. The specialist says in the AVM all the interaction of vessels architecture is disrupted, causing horrible consequences for patients. Dr. Linfante describes most of the […]

A fusiform aneurysm happens when the aorta gets dilated and enlarged, and the whole wall around it is dilated. Dr. Marco Bologna, Cardiothoracic Surgeon with Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, explains what a thoracic aneurysm is and why the fusiform aneurysm is the most common one.

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There are different treatment options for AVM, says Dr. Italo Linfante, Medical Director of Interventional Neuroradiology & Endovascular Neurosurgery with Baptist Health Neuroscience Center. Endovascular embolization, surgical resection and radiation are the most common treatments for AVM, the specialist describes. If those procedures are combined it’s possible to avoid AVM burst in the future, he […]

There are some symptoms that can be a warning sign of suffering from an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Some of them are a throbbing feeling in the abdomen, deep pain in your back or side and steady, gnawing pain in your abdomen that lasts for hours or days. Barry Katzen, Founder and Chief Medical Executive at […]

There are several symptoms of an unruptured brain aneurysm such as: headaches, eye pain, vision changes and diminished eye movement. Dr. Guilherme Dabus, Director of the Interventional Neuroradiology Fellowship Program with Baptist Health Neuroscience Center, affirms those are the warning sizes for seeking medical attention. The expert believes that if the aneurysm is detected and […]