Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People who don't realize they're living with an abdominal aortic aneurysm may face a sudden aortic rupture or tear and massive, ...

Expert perspectives on how multidisciplinary teams, innovation, and long-term care are redefining aortic care.

There is no clearly established strategy for the treatment of a patient with cardiomyopathy and a symptomatic aneurysm of the thoracic aorta. We report the successful use of an approach combining ...

The aortic surgery fellowship will provide the trainee with knowledge and technical skills in the preoperative evaluation, operative management, and postoperative care of patients with aortic ...

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 ...

Ascending aortic hemiarch reconstruction offers the same long-term benefits to patients over age 65 with acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) as more complex extended arch reconstruction procedures, ...

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, ...

Specialization and high volume are reported to be related to a better outcome after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. The aim of this study was to compare, in patients undergoing abdominal aortic ...

Hospitals that primarily provide care for Medicaid and uninsured patients are less likely to be able to save patients that suffer from severe complications during open abdominal aortic surgery ...

Until now patients waiting for heart surgery have been told to avoid exercise. But Graeme Harrison is part of a new study in ...