The past 12 months mark a milestone year for the discipline of sports and exercise cardiology.We have seen the publication of two major guideline documents for athletes: the 2025 American Heart Associ ...

Introduction Acute aortic dissection (AAD) is a relatively rare but much-feared clinical presentation which has a high mortality, particularly if definitive treatment is delayed. A combination of ...

Two studies published in JACC on June 16 provide new insights on arterial events associated with heritable thoracic aortic disease (TAD) and the relative risk in patients with pathogenic variants (PVs ...

The SOUL trial (NCT05866081) is an ongoing study to assess patient-reported outcomes and unplanned health care utilization among patients who had stent placement vs patients who had stent omission ...

Objectives: To determine the relation of ambulatory systolic blood pressure to aortic obstruction and more extensive vascular dysfunction, assessed by central aortic, peripheral conduit arterial and ...

A persistent dissection flap was found in 34 (68%) patients. The mean dimensions of various aortic segments and their growth rates have been summarized in Table 3. Growth rate was maximum for ...