There are different treatment options. Open surgical repair involves a major operation to open the abdomen and replace the diseased aorta with a fabric graft.

The free risk calculator can be incorporated into existing spreadsheets of patient data for use in heart team discussions.

Aortic stenosis happens when your aortic valve does not open all the way causing pressure to build in the left ventricle. This pressure blocks blood flow as it leaves the heart. In other words, the ...

Once again, data are suggesting that operators should move cautiously in bicuspid anatomy and think about surgery first.

While visiting Utah, Christine Seppi experienced sudden, severe abdominal and back pain. A rare diagnosis—an abdominal aortic ...

In patients greater than age 65, more than 90% of aortic stenosis involves trileaflet valves which have developed heavy calcification. [5] In these instances the calcium deposits are thought to ...

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Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE: EW) + today announced new economic and clinical evidence on severe aortic stenosis (AS). Presented at EuroPCR 2025 in Paris, data further contributes to the company’s ...

The book provides an up-to-date overview of the history of aviation medicine and the development of medical requirements for licensing. Also the physiological foundation for flight, the physiology of ...

An important emerging area concerns neuroimmune control ... In mice with pressure overload induced by aortic coarctation, enhanced renal sympathetic outflow produced norepinephrine release that ...

Objectives To describe medical management in aortic dissection (AD) and to analyse the possible associations between antihypertensive, antithrombotic, anticoagulant and statin agents, respectively, ...