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Health Lab
Patient bypasses a life threatening aortic aneurysm with the help of Michigan Medicine's genetic counseling and a streamlined cardiac referral program.
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Health Lab
Using human cells in an animal body, a team of researchers has developed a functional model of thoracic aortic aneurysm, creating opportunities for more effective understanding of disease development and treatments for the potentially fatal condition.
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The Fundamentals
An interview with Dr. Ariangela Kozik on microbiome research, advancing equity and #BlackInMicro
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Health Lab
Surgeons in Zambia completed the country’s first total aortic arch replacement – guided by a team from University of Michigan Health. The six-person surgical team traveled from Ann Arbor to Africa in late February to co-lead this case and several others at National Heart Hospital, a government-established, 120-bed facility in Lusaka, Zambia.
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Health Lab
For an abdominal aortic aneurysm, female patients have a higher risk for kidney damage after endovascular repair, a Michigan Medicine study finds.
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Health Lab
Study finds shared genetics between two inherited diseases of the arteries.
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Health Lab
The study finds nearly 96% of patients deemed eligible for surgery survive in the first 48 hours.
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Health Lab
After the diagnosis, Cristina Bashans was carefully monitored for a potentially life-threatening aortic aneurysm.
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Health Lab
One woman’s bicuspid valve was replaced, and aortic aneurysm repaired, after a period of doctor-led “watchful waiting.”
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Health Lab
With winter in full swing, a cardiologist explains why some are at high risk of aortic dissection.
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Health Lab
The technique has potential to change the way aortic aneurysm is monitored.
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Health Lab
New study identifies a role of TCF7L2 in aortic aneurysm.
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Health Lab
A highly complex emergency endovascular procedure was one man’s only hope of survival when others deemed his condition inoperable.
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Health Lab
New basic science research shows what happens when you inhibit JMJD3 through both genetics and pharmacology.
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Health Lab
No one thought John Canning could survive his ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm until this cardiovascular team stepped up to save his life.