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Differential aortic aneurysm formation provoked by chemogenetic oxidative stress

Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

Aortic aneurysms are potentially fatal focal enlargements of the aortic lumen; the disease burden is increasing as the human population ages. Pathological oxidative stress is implicated in the development of aortic aneurysms. Generation of H2O2 in the endothelium led to oxidative stress throughout the vascular wall.

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Unusual onset and presentation of isolated Uni-iliac aneurysm dissection in presence of aortoiliac aneurysms

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

The dissection of the iliac artery aneurysm is considerably rare, with limited documentation in the existing literature. Iliac artery dissection can be attributed to several causative factors, including trauma.

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Complicated mycotic saccular aneurysm of the infra-renal abdominal aorta with infected retroperitoneal hematoma: a clinical case report

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

BackgroundRupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a life-threatening emergency, with untreated cases nearing a 100% mortality rate. Emergency surgery included extracorporeal subclavian-femoral bypass and aneurysm resection. Imaging revealed a saccular infra-renal AAA rupture with an infected retroperitoneal hematoma.

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Unruptured Intracranial Aneurysms

The New England Journal of Medicine

Intracranial aneurysms are common, and the risk of rupture is influenced by size, location, morphology, and factors such as hypertension, smoking, and family history. Management options and risks are discussed.

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New Insights on Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms in Marfan Syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos, Loeys-Dietz Syndrome

American College of Cardiology

Two studies published in JACC on June 16 provide new insights on arterial events associated with heritable thoracic aortic disease (TAD) and the relative risk in patients with pathogenic variants (PVs) as well as the prevalence, characteristics and clinical outcomes of arterial aneurysms (AAs) in Loeys-Dietz Syndrome (LDS).

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

American Heart News - Heart News

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.