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 ...

Stage 1: A) Excision of the infected graft, cerebral perfusion (Foley catheters). Aortic root (forceps). B) Re-grafting. Stage 2: C) Omental flap translocation though the diaphragm to the anterior ...

Experts call this area your “mediastinum.” It holds your heart and its large vessels, your trachea or windpipe, your esophagus, your thymus gland, and some of your lymph nodes. This surgical ...

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 ...

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 ...

At that time there was a remarkable degree of fibroplasia in the surrounding mediastinal structures, and although this patient was the one in whom the aortic fracture lacked a little of being ...

What is an aortic dissection? An aortic dissection is a tear (dissection) in the wall of the body’s main artery (aorta). The aorta sends blood from your heart to the rest of your body. A tear causes ...

Institutional review board approval was obtained. Having previously demonstrated poor longer-term survival in patients with RACD undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement, we studied longer-term ...