Pulmonary hypertension (PH) risk grows over time for patients with narrowing of the aorta, the body's biggest blood vessel, ...

In patients with acute type A aortic dissection, receiving surgical repair at a high-volume aortic center is associated with improved survival.

Debra Reals still remembers lying on a gurney with her father and sister at her side as trauma surgeons explained the ...

Sex differences in the risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes of patients with cardiovascular disease have been ...

The abdominal aorta is a large artery in your belly that carries blood from the heart to the lower part of the body. In early fetal development, it forms from two smaller blood vessels, called the ...

mumc.nl Objectives Prophylactic surgery for prevention of acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) is reserved for patients with an ascending aortic aneurysm ≥55 mm. Identification of additional risk ...

However, this approach is unable to predict the majority of acute type A aortic dissections (ATAADs). The current study aims to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of ascending aortic diameter, length ...

6 China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine Guang 'anmen Hospital Baoding Hospital, Baoding, China 7 Jixi Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Jixi, China Objectives Acute type A aortic ...

diminished or absent aortic second sound, dilated ascending aorta, aortic-valve calcification and hypertrophy of the left ventricle, is useful in excluding aortic insufficiency and stenosis.

Reentry to the mediastinum when the ascending aorta aneurysm is adherent to the sternum is characterized by high risk of aneurysm rupture during sternum opening. In such cases, often cardiopulmonary ...

Aortic valve stenosis (AVS) is a significant health concern affecting over 1.5 million Americans and millions more globally. Researchers at Mayo Clinic are exploring the use of a new drug called ...