Objective There is currently no medical treatment proven to limit abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) progression. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to pool data from previous ...

Abstract. Background: Abdominal adiposity is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Objective: To determine the magnitude of the association between abdominal adiposity, according to five different ...

Objective Functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs) are common during childhood and adolescence. When a somatic diagnosis is excluded, the healthcare system often terminates contact with the ...

The abdominal aorta is one of the first vascular beds where atherosclerotic calcification is observed, often preceding the development of coronary artery calcification. 3, 4 Population‐based studies ...

When the abdominal pain presents as a short paroxysmal episode followed by either awareness disturbance or automatisms, an epileptic seizure is easily considered and, in those cases, temporal lobe is ...

10 Best Ways to Strip Away Your Unhealthiest Belly Fat, According to Doctors Visceral fat, ... Cleveland Clinic defines visceral fat as the "belly fat found deep within your abdominal cavity," as ...

A previous study of forensic autopsy cases indicates that BMI, waist circumference, subscapular fat thickness, and perirenal fat weight have significant positive associations with the severity of ...

Patients undergoing abdominal operations should perform a postoperative follow-up. The subsequent face-to-face consultations have an economic cost to the health system and can affect the quality of ...