Researchers in the University of Toronto's Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering are combining audio and art to provide better, standardized ways of simulating and understanding medical imaging of ...

Learn how aneurysms develop, what symptoms to watch for, and how medical professionals treat weakened artery walls.

Brain aneurysms are potentially fatal and can be difficult to detect. Medical imagery such as MRIs and other tests involving contrast can help doctors determine the presence, location, and shape of ...

Saccular intracranial aneurysms, abnormal focal outpouchings of cerebral arteries, cause substantial rates of morbidity and mortality. Recently, major changes have occurred in the way we think about ...

Aneurysm growth is not always predictable. Growth can increase the risk of rupture and bleeding into the brain, which can be life threatening. Because of this, people should work with a doctor to ...

Aneurysms are bulges in an artery that can form in any part of your body. If you have an unruptured aneurysm, you may not have any symptoms at all. (Photo Credit: SciePro/Science Source) As aneurysm ...

Brain aneurysm repair is a surgical procedure used to treat a bulging blood vessel in the brain that’s at risk of rupturing or tearing open. An aneurysm occurs when the wall of a blood vessel becomes ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

If your artery walls weaken and balloon, you are experiencing an aneurysm. This widening of blood vessels typically happens in the brain (cerebral aneurysm), the abdomen (abdominal aortic aneurysm), ...

Ascending aortic aneurysms are a subtype of thoracic aneurysms, which occur in the chest area. They affect thousands of Americans annually and can be life threatening if not monitored. An aneurysm is ...