An ascending aortic aneurysm occurs when the aortic wall becomes weakened and enlarges. Many causes exist including atherosclerosis, hypertension and connective tissue disorders. There are no ...

An ascending or aortic arch aneurysm refers to ballooning out of the aorta which causes aortic wall weakening. The aortic wall may continue to expand or may remain unchanged, but close surveillance is ...

Cardiovascular surgeons at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute are the first in the state to implant the GORE® Ascending ...

An aneurysm occurs when the walls of a blood ... The tear may also occur in the upper aorta (ascending aorta), which may extend into the abdomen. Type B involves a tear in the lower aorta only ...

Aortic valve stenosis or aortic valve regurgitation result. An ascending aortic aneurysm frequently develops concomitantly. A bicuspid aortic valve is the most common cardiac congenital anomaly ...

This is why it's important for anyone who has had an aortic dissection or an aortic aneurysm (an enlargement ... that occurs along the upward arc, or ascending portion, of the aorta, located ...

Kovalainen, who raced in Formula 1 full-time from 2007 to 2012, revealed last month that he had been diagnosed with an ascending aortic aneurysm that would require surgery. The Finn, now 42 ...

Mildly to moderately dilated ascending aorta showed a generally slow progression over 6 years in this general population–based study. A higher 7-day home measured systolic blood pressure (BP ...

THE complications of aneurysm of the abdominal aorta have frequently been discussed, but sudden occlusion has not been included among them. Spontaneous rupture into the retroperitoneal space ...

The thoracoabdominal aorta starts after the curve of the cane and extends past the arteries that deliver blood to the stomach, intestines and kidneys. An aneurysm refers to ballooning out of the aorta ...