Awareness of the clinical significance of thoracic aortic aneurismal disease has increased in recent years. As diagnostic tools have improved our ability to identify aortic pathology, surgical ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Nowadays, doctors can replace any number of body parts with man-made ones, including hips, knees, eye lenses, even heart valves. And the medical advances keep coming. CBS2's Dr ...

The aorta is a main artery that carries blood away from your heart to the rest of the body. The blood it carries is rich in oxygen, and your body relies on it for survival. The aorta is about an inch ...

Background A 20-year-old male presented with a history of systemic hypertension. Examination revealed a systolic murmur with an early ejection click, and femoral pulses were markedly reduced.

Endovascular repair may be an option for patients with ascending aortic dissection who are considered poor surgical candidates, according to a small observational study published online October 31, ...

Your aorta is a tube-like structure that resembles a candy cane. The thoracoabdominal aorta starts after the curve of the cane and extends past the arteries that deliver blood to the stomach, ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has achieved another breakthrough in heart treatment with the National Heart Institute (IJN) performing the first total aorta replacement surgery successfully. Consultant ...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. John Boozman, who underwent emergency heart surgery to fix a torn aorta in 2014, will have a follow-up surgery Tuesday in northern Virginia. The Republican from Rogers said ...

When 52-yearold Devendra Gupta was wheeled into the emergency at BLK super-specialty hospital with a ruptured aorta and dangerously low blood pressure, the doctors didn’t know what to do.

Imagine a blood vessel swelling up like a balloon measuring 13 cm in diameter inside your chest. KOLKATA: Imagine a blood vessel swelling up like a balloon measuring 13 cm in diameter inside your ...