Personalized diagnosis and treatment of aortic aneurysms through in-depth microstructural tissue analysis KU Leuven
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. In Belgium, at least 60 000 people suffer from an aortic aneurysm, a permanent dilatation of the aorta caused by weakening in the aortic wall. The most feared complication is aortic dissection or rupture, associated with mortality rates up to 95%. Despite these alarming numbers, the diagnosis and treatment of aortic aneurysms have hardly evolved over the last 20 years.
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