Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A computer visualization of the aorta, an organ of the body only now officially being recognized as such. Andreas Arnold/dpa The ...

When the heart is injured it can’t repair itself, meaning that heart failure often requires a transplant of the whole organ. But now, scientists at EPFL have developed an artificial aorta that can ...

Epiaortic ultrasonography has high sensitivity for the detection of atherosclerosis. In several studies, the technique has identified atherosclerosis of the ascending aorta as the major risk factor ...

The Aortic Disease Program at University of Utah Health's Heart & Vascular Services is the leading center in the Mountain West for diagnosing and treating people with complex aortic disease. Our ...

The aorta is a tube-like structure that resembles a candy cane. The thoracoabdominal aorta starts after the curve of the cane and extends past the arteries that deliver blood to the stomach, ...

What Is an Aortic Dissection? An aortic dissection is an emergency with your aorta, which is the largest blood vessel in your body and the main artery that takes blood from your heart to the rest of ...

Your aorta is a tube-like structure that resembles a candy cane. The ascending aorta forms the beginning or handle of the cane and originates at the aortic valve. The ascending aorta includes the ...

Terumo Aortic announced enrollment of the first patient in the RapidLink pivotal trial, which will evaluate the safety and ...

Background A 20-year-old male presented with a history of systemic hypertension. Examination revealed a systolic murmur with an early ejection click, and femoral pulses were markedly reduced.

If you or someone you love needs to have surgery for an aortic aneurysm, you’ll want to know what happens and what the recovery is like. This is the most common type of surgery to repair an aortic ...

Sometimes the aorta—the largest blood vessel in our bodies—can tear, allowing blood to flow between layers of the aortic wall. This dissection can block blood from flowing to other parts of the body, ...