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Your Thoracic Aortic Center doctor will determine the most appropriate imaging study to document the location of your aneurysm and allow us to measure its size accurately.
Sometimes more than one type of imaging study is needed in order to fully reveal the aortic anatomy. The following are brief descriptions of each of the imaging techniques that might be used:
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A new study provides reference standards for clinical evaluations.
Janet Ma, MD, is a first-year fellow in the Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship Program at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Ma explains what inspired her to come to Mass General, to pursue a career in medicine and her work to improve equity in health care.
Short bursts of physical exercise induce changes in the body’s levels of metabolites that correlate to, and may help gauge, an individual’s cardiometabolic, cardiovascular and long-term health.
New research by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) reveals considerable uncertainty in how to care for patients with a certain type of heart attack.
Study reveals reveals women with premature menopause often exhibit certain blood cell changes that elevate their risk of developing coronary artery disease.
Mass General and Newton-Wellesley Hospital staff have been working together for the past eight months to ensure a safe, efficient and thoughtful transition plan for the more than 600 anticoagulation patients who will now receive their care at the MGH AMS Clinic.
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