Below, cardiologists break it down. “The thumb test is an easy test people can do to see if they are at increased risk for an aortic aneurysm,” preventative cardiologist Dr. Tracy Paeschke told ...

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Noridian Healthcare Solutions opened a draft local coverage determination for gene tests for heritable thoracic aortic disease per a request from Invitae Corp., of San Francisco, which makes a ...

Of 207 patients considered for elective AAA repair, 27 (13%) did not undergo surgery. The reasons are displayed in Table 1. Two patients with chronic renal failure had a serum creatinine level greater ...