Aortic Aneurysm News
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Bill Paxton's family files wrongful death lawsuit against hospital and surgeonBill Paxton's family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and the surgeon who operated on him there before his death last February. The lawsuit, which was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court and has been obtained by ABC News, alleges that Paxton's
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Long snapper Jon Dorenbos to undergo open heart surgery
METAIRIE, La. -- Long snapper Jon Dorenbos will require open heart surgery to repair an aortic aneurysm that was discovered in a follow-up physical after his trade from the Philadelphia Eagles to the New Orleans Saints, according to Saints coach Sean Payton. Payton credited Saints physician Dr.
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Bill Paxton's cause of death revealedThe "GMA" team of insiders analyzes some of the biggest stories trending this morning.
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Bill Paxton's death certificate reveals heart defectBill Paxton is cause of death revealed tonight the death certificate showing he died at the stroke following heart surgery. He had an operation to replace a heart valve and repair an aortic aneurysm on February 15. He suffered a fatal stroke eleven days later. 61.
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Bill Paxton's death certificate reveals heart defectActor Bill Paxton died of stroke days after undergoing surgery to fix an aortic aneurysm and repair a heart defect, according to his death certificate. The 61-year-old actor died on February 25, just 11 days after undergoing surgery to repair the aneurysm and replace a valve in his heart. His death
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Sundance Film Follows Woman's Worst Fear: Does She Have Huntington's Disease?Marianna Palka, who left Scotland to pursue a career in filmmaking in the United States, knew she had a "50-50" chance of getting Huntington's disease – a rare, but devastating genetic disease that has been described as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and ALS, all rolled into one. It began to destroy her
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Med Student Discovers Real Disease in Fake PatientA medical student learned an important lesson to never assume anything, when he correctly diagnosed a fake patient with a very real and very deadly disease. Ryan Jones, 25, a medical student at the University of Virginia, was taking part in a lesson in which local residents act out certain symptoms
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Father's Hidden Heart Condition Diagnosed In DaughtersTyson Wallis and his wife Kristin had decided on chicken tortilla soup for dinner as she got ready for work on the morning of January 12. "He told me, 'it's 9:17, you're going to be late Kristin, 30, of Houston, told ABCNews.com. "I told him I loved him as he was feeding our twin girls, and I
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Einstein's Brain Arrives in London After Odd JourneyAlbert Einstein’s brain has crossed the Atlantic for the first time. It’s a journey that one of the 20th century’s greatest minds never intended. Before Einstein died 57 years ago, he wrote in his will that he wanted to be cremated, his ashes discarded secretly...
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Genetic Testing for Aortic Aneurysms Could Spur Early Treatment and Save LivesResearchers Identify a Gene Variant That Could Point to Those at High Risk for Aortic Aneurysms