Vascular surgeon Dr Samantha Peden told the Australian News broadcaster that the patient’s aortic arch had ballooned to ...

The Queensland man's aorta, the biggest blood vessel in the body, had ballooned to about four times the usual size, leaving it in danger of rupturing.

Background Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) has good modern results, but large multicentre longitudinal data on outcomes, especially hospital resource utilisation through childhood and adolescence, are ...

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is now an established treatment option for elderly patients with severe ...

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) today announced the launch of its latest surgical risk calculator designed for patients undergoing ascending aorta and aortic root surgery, with or without ...

A 58-year-old man has undergone replacement of the ascending aorta in another hospital. A few months after surgery, the patient experienced pain in the lower limbs, shortness of breath, and ...

Twenty-five patients also received an ascending aorta replacement, two received hemiarch replacement, and four underwent septal myectomy-removal of abnormally thickened heart muscle.

Objectives: The aims of the present study were to compare the long-term outcomes for ascending aortic dilatation and adverse aortic events after isolated aortic valve replacement between patients with ...

Bicuspid aortic valve surgery is a procedure to repair or replace faulty heart valves. Learn more here.

Aortic aneurysm surgery is generally safe but can lead to complications like blood clots, ischemic events, and bleeding.

An ascending aortic aneurysm is an abnormal bulging and weakening in your aorta at the point before the curve.

Methods and Results —From July 1993 to November 1998, a replacement of the ascending aorta with a repair of the aortic valve was performed in 75 patients (53 men and 22 women aged 50±19 years). Twenty ...