The knowledge that aneurysmal disease is systemic has implications for screening practice. There is evidence that screening for AAAs during lower extremity arterial evaluation is cost-effective ...

(Photo Credit: Nucleus Medical Media/Medical Images) If you have advanced aortic valve regurgitation, it might cause serious problems. Doctors may treat mild aortic valve regurgitation with ...

In this study we incorporated different types of aortic root motion into fluid-structure interaction (FSI) models representing an ATAA and a healthy aorta to examine their impacts on wall stress and ...

Inclusion criteria were age ≥18, with aortic valve disease or ascending aortic dilation without coronary disease. Exclusion criteria were other planned concomitant valve surgery, connective tissue ...

SCAD has a genetic component, with genome‐wide association studies identifying multiple risk loci. Thoracic aortic dissection (type A) shares some genetic overlap with SCAD, suggesting potential ...

trivial aortic valve regurgitation, or mild aortic valve prolapse. This involved an arterio-venous loop and a kissing technique to advance the delivery sheath through the femoral vein, across the ...

Calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD ... The largest SEAS trial randomised 1873 patients with asymptomatic, mild-to-moderate AS to either 40 mg simvastatin plus 10 mg ezetimibe or placebo and showed a ...