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Knowing you have a brain aneurysm may raise anxiety risk, other mental health conditions

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Research Highlights: People diagnosed with unruptured cerebral aneurysms (weakened areas in brain blood vessels) who are being monitored without treatment have a higher risk of developing mental illness compared to those who have not been diagnosed.

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Uncommon presentation of left main congenital coronary aneurysm: a rare case report

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Coronary aneurysm, a dilated segment of the coronary artery, is a rare condition with a prevalence ranging from 0.02% to 0.2%. According to the current literature, reports of large aneurysms in the left main artery are extremely rare. Due to the high surgical risk, conservative treatment was chosen.

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Obstructive sleep apnea may increase risk of abdominal aortic aneurysms

Medical Xpress - Cardiology

Obstructive sleep apnea may be a risk factor for developing abdominal aortic aneurysms, according to researchers from the University of Missouri School of Medicine and NextGen Precision Health.

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The link between high blood pressure and aortic aneurysms

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An aortic aneurysm is a very serious condition that occurs when the aorta (the largest artery in the body that comes off the heart) develops a bulb-like formation. Factors such as high blood pressure and high cholesterol can… Source

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Intermountain 1st in US to perform aortic aneurysm procedure

Becker's Hospital Review - Cardiology

to use the Gore EXCLUDER Thoracoabdominal Branch Endoprosthesis device for the treatment of an aortic aneurysm outside of a clinical trial. A vascular surgeon at Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health has become the first in the U.S.

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Unstable 'fluttering' predicts aortic aneurysm with 98% accuracy

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Northwestern University researchers have developed the first physics-based metric to predict whether or not a person might someday suffer an aortic aneurysm, a deadly condition that often causes no symptoms until it ruptures.

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An accessory renal aneurysm in a patient with absent renal artery: a case report

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

IntroductionThis study reports a patient who developed a secondary renal artery aneurysm (RAA) after occlusion of the main renal artery.MethodsA 25-year-old woman was hospitalized due to an enlarged renal artery aneurysm (RAA). The left kidney function remained normal, allowing successful aneurysm embolization.