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 ...

Nonsyndromic heritable thoracic aortic disease 5.0 in absence of high-risk features; 4.5 cm with high-risk features (family history of dissection, rapid growth, diffuse aortic root and ascending aorta ...

Everyone has one, but what does the rib cage do, exactly? The rib cage is also known as the thoracic cage, and the primary rib cage function is to protect the organs inside the chest. These organs ...

The abdominal aorta begins after the aorta passes through a muscle called the diaphragm, at the level of the twelfth thoracic vertebra (a spot in the upper abdomen). From there, it travels downward, ...

These guidelines have been developed at the request of the Standards of Care Committee of the British Thoracic Society (BTS) and with the agreement of the Royal College of Radiologists and the British ...

“Those effing drunk Mongolians” is all I can think as I curse behind my rain splattered visor. Even its yellow tint can’t lift my mood as frigid water seeps through every gap and seam in my ...

Arterial tortuosity, defined as the property of the artery having ... It is a part of the genetic syndromes with thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection (TAAD) including Marfan's Syndrome (MS), Loeys ...

United States Senator Lisa Murkowski’s recent declaration that “…foreign policy is not for the faint of heart”, could easily be applied to the tortuous foreign relations road ahead for our ...

What Is a Spinal MRI? A spinal MRI, or magnetic resonance imaging, uses powerful magnets, radio waves, and a computer to make clear, detailed pictures of your spine. The MRI may scan your whole ...

Objective Management of thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAAs) comprises regular diameter follow-up until the indication criterion for prophylactic surgery is reached. However, this approach is unable to ...