A study led by Prof. Liu Feng from the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has identified a crucial role ...

Saad Hasan, MD, cardiothoracic surgeon at The Christ Hospital Health Network, had performed bloodless surgeries before. He was on call the evening of Parker’s aortic dissection and walked to the ...

Doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong with Tom, who at 27 was fit and healthy - until a scan showed how seriously ill he ...

CT scan-assessed high right ventricle-left ventricle ratio of the heart predicts major adverse cardiovascular events in PH ...

Law enforcement groups, including the Suffolk PBA, presented him with a check on Thursday. He was critically injured in ...

At age 3, Chris jumped off his bed pretending to be a wrestler, and broke his calf bone. He got a green cast, and Dana drew ...

The valves make sure blood flows in only one direction. The aortic valve keeps blood flowing from the left ventricle to the aorta. Your child may be born with aortic stenosis (congenital). Or it may ...

The abdominal aorta is a large artery in your belly that carries blood from the heart to the lower part of the body. In early fetal development, it forms from two smaller blood vessels, called the ...

Exercise-induced hypertension (EIH) is common in adults with coarctation of the aorta (COA), but there are limited data about hemodynamics and outcomes in such patients. The purpose of this study was ...

Conventional surgical procedures comprise excision of the entry tear and replacement of the proximal aorta with a synthetic vascular graft. In patients with DeBakey type I dissection, this approach ...

The deadly ambush of a Calgary couple outside their southwest home wasn’t a planned execution, a jury ruled Friday evening. The Calgary Court of King’s Bench jury convicted Edmonton-area man ...