Army pilot Ashley Piccirilli was going through a normal day at a new construction job in the summer of 2021 when she was ...

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Blood rushes through the tear, causing the inner and middle layers of the aorta to split; normal blood flow throughout the body may slow ... news to compelling human interest stories.

When heart muscle gets damaged, the result is often permanent. Unlike other muscles in the body, the heart has long been ...

The aorta, the largest artery in the human body, has long been renowned for its elasticity—stretching to allow the surge of blood from the heart and recoiling to keep pressure constant.

New York City-based NYU Langone Health launched a new aortic care center, led by Medical Director Geraldine Ong, MD, and Mark Peterson, MD, PhD, a cardiothoracic surgeon and professor in the ...

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In the ruins of a health-care system, many medical facilities have become graveyards. Doctors continue to deliver lifesaving ...

These patches of heart muscle – made from adult human stem cells ... heart and pump it into the aorta, where it can then be pumped throughout the rest of the body. This improves blood ...