Mural cells in ascending aortic aneurysms undergo phenotypic changes that promote extracellular matrix destruction and structural weakening. To explore this biology, we analyzed the transcriptional ...

Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) is a common treatment for Stanford type B aortic dissection (TBAD). However, re-entry tears might be found distal to the stented region which transports ...

A rare diagnosis—an abdominal aortic dissection—led her to University of Utah Hospital, where a custom-built stent graft saved... When 71-year-old Utah native Tom Stover had an aortic aneurysm on ...

This weakened wall can grow and may develop into an aneurysm, which could rupture (leak ... "Familial Associations of Prevalence and Cause-Specific Mortality for Thoracic Aortic Disease and ...

Background: Aortic aneurysm (AA) is a serious cardiovascular disease with a high mortality rate. The aim of this study was to provide an up-to-date assessment of global AA mortality rates from 1990 to ...

A stab incision is made approximately 2 to 3 cm below ... This location is our preferred location because this will place the needle entry site directly in the CFA away from the superficial ...

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In 2010, the first practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of thoracic aortic disease were jointly published by the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF), American Heart ...

Some patients with HCM have a steeper left ventricle to aortic root angle than controls. Objective: To test the predictors of the LV-aortic root angle and the association between LV-aortic root angle ...

Even in those cases where we have identified aortic pathology, there is uncertainty as to how these should be managed. TEVAR has emerged as the treatment of choice for diseases of the descending ...

State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Research Unit of Nanocatalytic Medicine in Specific ...