Learn about 7 deadly diseases that start with shoulder pain. Early recognition of these warning signs could be life-saving for you or loved ones.

My son’s classmate, a 17-year-old young lady preparing for the school certificate exam, slumped and died shortly before the ...

Former Alouettes guard, 40, who was part of consecutive Grey Cup championship teams in 2009-10, suffered a torn aorta last month.

Aortic dissection (AD) is an uncommon condition that occurs mainly in the older patient population (>40 years). It is rare in younger people and is usually associated with trauma, Marfan’s syndrome, ...

When we think of heart-related emergencies, we often picture heart attacks or strokes. But there’s another silent yet life-threatening condition that gets very little attention- aortic aneurysm.

A partnership between Saint Francis Health System and the Oklahoma State University Medical Authority backed by the state Legislature has resulted in plans to open a level one trauma center in ...

Although thoracic aortic aneurysm is the only FDA-approved treatment indication for endovascular repair, this technology may lead to a broader clinical applicability in other thoracic pathologies.

### Learning objectives After reading this article, the readers should be able to: Acute aortic dissection (AAD) is a relatively rare but much-feared clinical presentation which has a high mortality, ...

Aortic dissection has long been considered a rare, unpreventable and inevitably fatal disease. However, recent advances now prove otherwise.

The response of the abdominal viscera and the contraction of the intercostal muscles during the respiratory phase of sneezing increases intrathoracic pressure, which may lead to several complications.

An aortobifemoral bypass is a surgery that's done to redirect your blood flow around a large, blocked artery in your groin or abdomen. Learn about what it is and when you might need it.

The cellular mechanisms responsible for aortic aneurysm formation constitute a complex, orchestrated series of events that result in dramatic pathological changes in the anatomy and function of the ...