Focusing On Detecting Deadly Aortic Aneurysms

Yale scientists have discovered a way to use a simple blood test that may accurately detect thoracic aneurysm disease (TAA), which gives little warning and is almost always fatal if untreated.The study, published this month in Public Library of Science (PLoS), represents the collaborative work of Yale School of Medicine, Applied Biosystems, and Celera Diagnostics.TAAs occur in the part of the aorta that passes through the chest. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Medical Devices on October 25th, 2007