Sara Adair knew she was at risk for a life-threatening aortic dissection after her father and sister experienced the same ...

Debra Reals still remembers lying on a gurney with her father and sister at her side as trauma surgeons explained the ...

One in five older adults gets an infection up to six months after heart surgery—with women far more likely to develop one, according to studies led by Michigan Medicine. The two studies examined ...

The signs of aortic stenosis on physical exam include a systolic murmur, usually loudest at the right upper sternal border, that peaks late and radiates to the right carotid artery. [10] The ...

Matthew Perez, 15, underwent an 18-hour surgery at Texas Children’s Hospital to repair a rare congenital heart condition called an anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery or AAOCA.

Coronary artery disease, CAD ... for blood and oxygen to reach the muscles of the heart. Coronary bypass surgery is one treatment option to help restore blood flow, when other surgical procedures ...

Off-pump CABG, which avoids aortic cannulation and cardiopulmonary ... ACC/AHA 2004 guideline update for coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Summary article. A report of the American College ...

A 70-year-old man from Mudukalathur underwent a successful endovascular repair for a 7.2 cm abdominal aortic aneurysm, using ...

As people age, a buildup of calcium on the aortic valve can make it thicker and stiffer leading to aortic stenosis.

Pegues et al, Disparities in 180-day infection rates following coronary artery bypass grafting and aortic valve replacement, The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2025). DOI ...

Thanks to the collective efforts of the expert surgical team, the patient was able to recover and be discharged from the hospital within a week. This remarkable achievement, particularly for an ...