Eli Lilly Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John Lechleiter is taking an unexpected leave of absence. Lechleiter is scheduled for surgery for a dilated aorta on Monday and will hand the CEO reins ...

May 6 (Reuters) - Drug maker Eli Lilly and Co said Chief Executive John Lechleiter will undergo a surgery on May 13 to treat a dilated aorta but is expected to recover and return to work by this ...

Abdominal aortic aneurysms are significantly more common, with 200,000 people in the U.S. diagnosed each year. Here's what to ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Eli Lilly Chairman and CEO John Lechleiter is back to full-time work after taking a leave in May to have surgery for a dilated aorta. The Indianapolis drugmaker says both a ...

Filip Hammaréus, PhD student, and Petter Dyverfeldt, professor, at Linköping University. The research was performed at the Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization in Linköping, Sweden.

Abnormal blood flow in the aorta is linked to inflammation and breakdown of the vessel wall in conditions where the aorta is dilated. This is shown in a study led by researchers at Linköping ...

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a common disease of the main artery (the aorta) in the elderly. It is characterized by a dilated aorta and if allowed to develop unchecked it can rupture, an event ...