Roger Black was told two things when his cardiologist sat him down with the news that he must prepare for open heart surgery.

Roy and Kim Reid started a Memorial Day weekend with dinner and a movie at home. When Kim went to bed, Roy decided to watch ...

Earlie Smith experienced an aortic dissection. Months later, her brother, Larry Smith, also had one. The same doctor helped ...

Patients at Baylor Medicine, the primary multidisciplinary clinical practice of Baylor College of Medicine, and Baylor St.

Dear K.D.: The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body that comes directly off of the heart, goes down through the ...

A vascular and endovascular surgeon at UVA Health says the new device targets bulges in the aorta that could lead to life-threatening internal bleeding.

Here, we aim to examine the indications for surgical intervention on the dilated aorta, particularly the ascending segment. Studies of the natural history of ascending aortic aneurysms indicate ...

A mother an emergency C-section and open-heart surgery on the same day became a frightening, life-changing reality.

Echocardiography can visualized the proximal portion of the aorta, however not the aortic arch and only minimal portions of the descending thoracic aorta. Transesophageal echocardiography is also ...

Beka Ramsey was born with heterotaxy, leading to a heart defect that required two surgeries before her first birthday.

Isometric tension showed that the contraction of diabetic aorta was significantly reduced compared with that of control aorta when stimulated by KCl and serotonin. The relaxation of the diabetic ...