She covers current events, breaking news and issues including substance use. Sara Adair knows the symptoms of aortic dissections. The hospital analyst's father and sister each experienced the ...

Thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) is an indolent, potentially fatal disease, which progresses at variable rates that are influenced by pathogenesis and patient characteristics. We conducted a systematic ...

Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, China. (Y.E.L., S.L., Litao Wang, Y.D., L. Wu, H.C., T ...

What is aortic stenosis in children? Aortic stenosis means that your child has a heart valve that is too narrow or is blocked. The aortic valve is 1 of 4 heart valves that keep blood flowing through ...

med.ulaval.ca To be aware of the prevalence, pathophysiology and outcomes of mixed aortic valve disease (MAVD), which refers to combined aortic stenosis and aortic regurgitation. To assess the ...

ed.ac.uk To review the pathophysiology of fibrocalcific aortic stenosis, the myocardial response to pressure overload and current clinical guidelines concerning the timing of valve intervention. To ...

In abdominal palpation a pulsatile mass was detectable. Urgent resuscitation was done. The patient had been known to have hypertension and abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) since 7 years ago. Abdominal ...

Background Evaluating a new endovascular treatment for intracranial aneurysms must not only demonstrate short-term safety and efficacy, but also evaluate longer-term outcomes (eg, delayed ...