I am 71, and I recently saw my urologist for urinating a lot and not getting enough sleep. He performed a flow test and a ...

Takkenberg, a professor and physician, cited an example from her work in thoracic surgery. “Women with an enlarged aorta are operated on later than guidelines recommend. Are their bodies different, or ...

The abdominal aorta is a large artery in your belly that carries blood from the heart to the lower part of the body. In early fetal development, it forms from two smaller blood vessels, called the ...

After reviewing your medical history and performing a physical exam, your healthcare provider may order one or several of the following tests and procedures: Chest X-ray: This can confirm an enlarged ...

However, an enlarged uterus can also occur in non-pregnant women and can be concerning. Speaking with the OnlyMyHealth team, Dr Shipra Kunwar, Consultant—Obstetrician and Gynaecologist ...

The causes still remain unclear and there is no medical therapy to decrease the growth or rupture rate of enlarged abdominal aorta like I have and surgical repair is very risky." ...

What is an aortic dissection? An aortic dissection is a tear (dissection) in the wall of the body’s main artery (aorta). The aorta sends blood from your heart to the rest of your body. A tear causes ...

They used surrogates of aortic diameter and pressure. Although their protocol entailed ultrasonic measurements of flow velocity and diameter in the ascending aorta for calculation of volumetric flow ...