GORE ® Ascending Stent Graft, an investigational device, is an off-the-shelf endovascular solution designed to treat life-threatening Type A dissections of the ascending aorta FLAGSTAFF, ...

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 ...

A beveled aortic hemiarch replacement is a surgical procedure to repair an aortic aneurysm or aortic dissection in the ascending aorta and arch of the aorta. This procedure involves removing the ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women and adults who reside in low-income areas are more likely to die 30 days after cardiac surgery compared ...

Philosophy Professor Daniel Dennett was rushed to the hospital from the Medford campus n an ambulance in late October. On Nov. 3, he posted an entry in his online blog describing his condition. Upon ...

Marti and Mary Alice Mullins are twins from a tight-knit family in Ashland. In her late 50s, Marti started experiencing strange and painful symptoms. Every time she ate, she became nauseated and would ...

Bicuspid aortic valve surgery involves repairing or replacing a bicuspid valve. The procedure corrects a congenital condition in which a person has two cusps instead of three. A bicuspid aortic valve ...