Tag: cancer

abdominal aortic aneurysm

Cancer patients face greater risks from abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Elective abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair in patients with a cancer diagnosis is associated with several poor postoperative outcomes according to a newly published...

Making the invisible visible: A clearer ‘picture’ of blood vessels in...

Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have developed and tested a new imaging approach they say will accelerate imaging-based research in the lab by allowing investigators...

Chronic venous insufficiency identified as a leading cause of lower extremity...

A retrospective analysis of patients diagnosed with lower extremity lymphoedema, and treated in a cancer-affiliated physical therapy department, has found that chronic venous insufficiency...

Study finds increased risk of abdominal cancer associated with EVAR

A population-based cohort study by Viknesh Sounderajah and colleagues at Imperial College in London, UK, found an increased risk of abdominal cancer associated with...

So, are you using lower leg lead shields when you perform...

 Chronic exposure to low dose radiation, such as that experienced by operators who routinely perform endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), has biological effects that can...