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, ...

An aortic aneurysm occurs when a weak aortic wall stretches, causing it to bulge. An aortic dissection occurs when there’s a tear in the aortic wall, which can be fatal if not treated immediately. The ...

Patients with acute, complicated type B aortic dissections can safely benefit from thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) with a novel stent graft, according to a study presented January 27, 2014 ...

What Is an Aortic Dissection? An aortic dissection is an emergency with your aorta, which is the largest blood vessel in your body and the main artery that takes blood from your heart to the rest of ...

In patients with ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) and no other organ-system abnormalities, the absolute risk of aortic dissection is low but increases with larger aortic sizes, according to ...

Background Acute type A aortic dissection is a surgical emergency, with an operative mortality as high as 25%. Ischemia is a known predictor of mortality. We tested the efficacy of a classification ...

Since then, Bishop has undergone two open-heart surgeries at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, with her latest procedure being done by Kyle Eudailey, M.D., at the UAB Medicine Cardiovascular ...

The aorta is a main artery that carries blood away from your heart to the rest of the body. The blood it carries is rich in oxygen, and your body relies on it for survival. The aorta is about an inch ...

30-Day Data from Endospan's NEXUS TRIOMPHE IDE Trial Demonstrate 63% Reduction in Major Adverse Event (MAE) Rate compared with Reference Performance Goal Dr. Bradley Leshnower, Professor of Surgery ...

Sara Adair knows the symptoms of aortic dissections. The hospital analyst's father and sister each experienced the dangerous cardiac condition, when the inner lining of the body's main artery tears ...

An aortic dissection happens when tears appear in the inner lining of the aorta, which is the main artery leaving the heart. Blood surges into the tears, causing the aorta lining to split, or dissect.

30-Day Data from Endospan's NEXUS TRIOMPHE IDE Trial Demonstrate 63% Reduction in Major Adverse Event (MAE) Rate compared with Reference Performance Goal The data demonstrate statistically significant ...