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

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, the new ...

CT angiography technique In the recent Guidelines for Diagnosing and Treating Acute and Chronic Syndromes of the Aortic Organ (7), authors reiterated minimum technical standards capable of ...

On the 10th hospital day an operation was performed. Exposure was obtained through a median sternotomy incision, and cardiopulmonary bypass was employed (Fig. 2). A large fusiform aneurysm was ...

A fusiform aneurysm causes the artery to bulge or balloon on all sides. Read about the symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention.

Aneurysms of the ascending thoracic aorta are less common and are classified as those associated with degeneration of the arterial media that typically occur in the elderly and those secondary to ...

Eric Roselli, who serves as the national principal investigator of the trial at Cleveland Clinic, performed the case earlier this month. The patient had a fusiform aneurysm of the ascending aorta and ...

US-based W L Gore and Associates (Gore) has implanted the first subject in the ARISE II study of its ascending stent graft, for patients who require endovascular treatment of the ascending aorta. The ...

December 20, 2023—Gore & Associates announced the commencement of the ARISE II pivotal trial. The study is investigating treatments for pathologies involving the ascending aorta using endovascular ...

The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association recommend preventive surgery if the aneurysm is in the ascending aorta and greater than 5.5 centimeters (cm), or 2.17 inches (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 ...