Dear K.D.: The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body that comes directly off of the heart, goes down through the chest and diaphragm via the aortic hiatus, and into the abdomen. From there, it ...

Six hundred fifty-one male patients attending six consultant-led cardiology clinics at Belfast City Hospital from August 2004 to February 2006 received an invitation to be screened for AAA. This was ...

A recent issue of the Post Independent contained a pink insert advertising health screening by a company called Lifeline Screening, which has been coming to our area for years. People will be asking ...

Three-quarters of eligible men invited for a screening for an abdominal aortic aneurysm in Birmingham and Solihull received the potentially life-saving test this year, new figures show. The British ...