1. High-Volume Hospitals Better for Abdominal Aortic Rupture Repairs - US News and World Report
FRIDAY, June 6 (HealthDay News) -- High-volume hospitals that use endovascular procedures to repair abdominal aortic aneurysms have lower death rates than hospitals that use open surgery, a new report finds.

2. Abdominal aortic aneurysm  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
An abdominal aortic aneurysm is when the large blood vessel that supplies blood to the abdomen, pelvis, and legs becomes abnormally large or balloons outward.• Reviewer: Larry A. Weinrauch, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and Private practice specializing in Cardiovascular Disease, Watertown, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.