Recognizing that the behavior of the Marfan aorta is unpredictable, it is now common for specialists to recommend surgery when the ascending aorta or root measures 4.5 cm (or even 4.0 cm in cases ...

Please, see the separate insert about valve replacement for more information. It will take you approximately two to three months to fully recover from undergoing ascending aortic aneurysm/dissection ...

Your surgeon will choose the best method for imaging your aorta. During this operation, the surgeon will make an incision, called a median sternotomy, in your chest and through the breastbone. In ...

He slit open the 70-year-old duke’s belly and cut down to the aorta, the body’s main artery ... In 67 min. of delicate surgery, Dr. DeBakey cut out the aneurysm and replaced it with a length ...

Ascending aortic dissections are a surgical emergency. Without surgery, mortality rates within 2 weeks approach 80%. The longer the delay to surgical repair, the higher the mortality. Medical ...

Young patients who have undergone the Ross procedure for aortic valve disease have shown excellent long-term survival, the ...

Young patients who have undergone the Ross procedure for aortic valve disease have shown excellent long-term survival, the ...

5 Then the ascending aortic aneurysm was removed and replaced by ... From the departments of Surgery and Pathology, Harvard Medical School, and the General Surgical Services and the James Homer ...

Scientists at Queen Mary University of London and Barts Health have developed an innovative tool that simulates blood flow in the aorta ... outcomes of the surgery. This personalized approach ...