Australian radio host Kyle Sandilands announced on air yesterday that he has a brain aneurysm and needs urgent brain surgery.

In a considerable number of patients, however, the aneurysm terminates at or below the innominate artery, permitting repair under normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass conditions with an aortic ...

This is an emergency, Conner said. About 50% of people who have an aortic dissection die at home. Of the other 50% who make ...

Anatomical variations in the aortic arch and its associated arteries can have significant implications for surgical procedures, diagnostic imaging, and the risk of certain medical conditions.

Aneurysm occurs when a blood vessel weakens and bulges If this blood vessel is ruptured it can lead to severe internal ...

He slit open the 70-year-old duke’s belly and cut down to the aorta, the body’s main artery, on which he found a 4-in. section that had swollen into an aneurysm, much as an inner tube will ...

The aorta is the main blood vessel that carries oxygen-filled blood from the heart to the rest of the body. It extends from the chest to the abdomen, where it branches (bifurcates) into the iliac ...

The hospital's state-of-the-art American Heart and Vascular Institute performed a challenging surgery including open ...

The other pulmonary artery gets blood supply by a duct (isolated) or a collateral off the aorta. Type IV: Truncus associated to underdevelopment of the arch including coarctation or complete ...

2). A large fusiform aneurysm was found, beginning just distal to the aortic valve and ending just proximal to the innominate artery. The arch was slightly dilated, and the left subclavian artery ...

Diagnosis: Papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve in conjunction with coronary artery disease. Management: Surgical excision of the mobile lesion and an end-to-side anastomosis of the left ...