Growth hormone (GH) is often administered to ... increased cardiac output and cardiac hypertrophy, which can lead to aortic changes. Increased aortic diameter is a risk factor for aortic ...

Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW) traded higher on Thursday after Stifel upgraded the heart device maker to Buy from Hold, citing a turnaround in its position in the market for transcatheter aortic valve ...

11 Aortic extensibility fell to exceedingly low ... 20 In addition, the rate of aneurysm growth is increased among those with Marfan's syndrome, 9 as is the degree of elastin fiber disarray ...

or stunted growth. These features may alert physicians to the need for genetic testing for 22q11.2 copy number variants in bicuspid aortic valve patients who present with early onset complications ...