In a multicenter, retrospective review of patients admitted with intact and ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), ...

New 20-year data show a survival rate of 90% with few repeat surgeries after this complex operation that can only be ...

CABG plus surgical aortic valve replacement for treatment of coronary disease and aortic stenosis was associated with better 5-year outcomes vs. PCI plus transcatheter aortic valve replacement in ...

Middle-aged adults who need an aortic valve replacement fare better with mechanical devices than with the valves made from animal tissues that they currently most often receive, U.S. researchers ...

Quitting smoking is the best way to protect yourself from worsening cardiovascular disease. Smoking causes inflammation of the inner lining of the blood vessels, making them a magnet for ...

Figure 1 Posteroanterior and Lateral Films of the Chest, Demonstrating an Ascending Aortic Aneurysm, with Hyper-trophy of the Left Ventricle and Some Enlargement of the Left Atrium. On the 10th ...

A health product has been recalled amid fears it could cause "various adverse health effects". The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has issued a warning about two food vitamin D supplement products ...

Conclusions: We reported the case of a pediatric patient with EBV infection who developed rare and fatal cardiovascular complications (CAAs and thrombosis, Valsalva sinus aneurysm, and aortic lesions) ...

An abdominal aortic aneurysm occurs when there is swelling in the aorta, which is the artery that carries blood from the heart to the abdomen. "On behalf of the men and women of 'Fast Talk,' kami'y ...

A normal aortic valve has 3 cusps (leaflets) that act as a one-way door. With aortic stenosis, the valve doesn’t work as it should or has an abnormal number of leaflets that don't work correctly. That ...

She was diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis. This is a degenerative heart condition in which the valve between the heart and the main artery that carries blood to the rest of the body becomes ...