June 14, 2010 (Dallas, Texas) — The new American Heart Association (AHA) scientific statement on surgical management of descending thoracic-aortic disease stresses that the durability of endovascular ...

Abdominal aortic aneurysms are significantly more common, with 200,000 people in the U.S. diagnosed each year. Here's what to ...

Using human cells in laboratory rats, Michigan Medicine researchers have developed a functional model of thoracic aortic aneurysm, creating opportunities for more effective understanding of disease ...

Vascular. 2010;18(1):41-44. As a consequence of the widespread availability of advanced diagnostic tests, thoracic aorta thrombi will continue to be diagnosed with increased frequency, particularly in ...

Thoracic aortic dissection occurs when the intima of the aorta becomes compromised and “tears” or “dissects” a new layer that fills with blood between the intima and the media. This “false lumen” can ...

DRAMATIC in onset and catastrophic in its consequences, dissecting aneurysm of the thoracic aorta is a common disease that poses difficult problems in management. The dismal outlook for patients with ...

To evaluate the biomechanical properties of thoracic aorta with or without adventitia, and to determine whether there are corresponding changes with hypertension. There was no significant difference ...

Patients who have an error in the gene known as LOX—shorthand for lysyl oxidase, the enzyme it encodes—are particularly prone to thoracic aortic aneurysm and ...

AS medicine develops, and its progress affords new diagnostic and therapeutic technics, it is fascinating to see the emergence of pathologic entities that have always been present but have not been ...

An abnormally enlarged aorta (aortic aneurysm) can tear or rupture and cause sudden cardiac death. Unfortunately, patients often show no signs or symptoms before the aorta, which carries blood from ...

The diameter of the thoracic aorta is a biomarker for heart attacks and other adverse cardiovascular events in women and men, according to a new study published in the journal Radiology. The aorta is ...

Thoracic aortic aneurysm/aortic dissection (TAAD) is a disorder with highly variable age of onset and phenotype. We sought to determine the prevalence of pathogenic variants in TAAD-associated genes ...