Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 66-year-old male in good health who was just informed by my doctor that the diameter of my aortic root has increased to 4.3 centimeters. Last year, the echocardiogram showed a ...

Filip Hammaréus, PhD student, and Petter Dyverfeldt, professor, at Linköping University. The research was performed at the Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization in Linköping, Sweden.

Thoracic aortic dissection is often approached as an acute and localised event, and pathological examination has ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Artic root dissection remains the most life-threatening complication of Marfan syndrome,” Elif Seda Selamet ...

Mildly to moderately dilated ascending aorta showed a generally slow progression over 6 years in this general population–based study. A higher 7-day home measured systolic blood pressure (BP) was the ...

Dr. Adam Tanious (Surgery): A 37-year-old woman was transferred to this hospital because of abdominal pain and aortic dilatation. The patient had been well until 3 weeks before the current admission, ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Imagen Technologies, Inc. announced the FDA issued 510(k) clearance of the company’s cloud-based, deep learning ...

About 30 percent of retired NFL players in Cleveland Clinic study have enlarged aortas; former pro football players twice as likely to have a dilated aorta compared to the control group. Researchers ...

Dr. Amy A. Sarma: A 54-year-old man was evaluated at this hospital because of new heart failure. One month before this evaluation, a nonproductive cough developed after the patient took a business ...