An aneurysm is a dilatation of a blood vessel to more than 150% of the diameter expected for sex, age, and body weight; lesser dilatations are called ectasia (1). Depending on age, aortic ...

Surgery is now recommended for patients with aneurysms of aortic root and ascending thoracic aorta with a confirmed growth rate of ≥ 0.3 cm per year across 2 consecutive years or ≥ 0.5 cm in ...

A ruptured ascending aortic aneurysm -- the reported cause of death of American soccer writer Grant Wahl -- is a rare but deadly medical condition.. Wahl, 49, a prominent journalist in the U.S ...

An aortic root aneurysm is a bulge in the first section of the aorta, where the artery joins the heart and aortic valve. Learn more about aortic root aneurysm. Medical News Today ...

If the aortic root enlarges, there is a chance it can pull open the aortic valve and cause blood leakage into the heart. Aortic root aneurysms are often related to genetic syndromes or connected ...

A ruptured ascending aortic aneurysm -- the reported cause of death of American soccer writer Grant Wahl -- is a rare but deadly medical condition.. Wahl, 49, a prominent journalist in the U.S ...

RECENT advances in the surgical treatment of dissecting aneurysm of the thoracic aorta, ... limited to the ascending aorta in 4 ... projected lateral to the upper portion of the aortic root.

In 44 patients with suspected dissecting aneurysm of the aorta, an aortographic diagnosis of dissection, based on the demonstration of a narrowed true lumen and of a false channel, was made in 23. ...

Developed using data from more than 67,000 adult ascending aorta and aortic root surgeries submitted to the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database (ACSD) between July 2017 and December 2024, ...