Your doctor will talk with you before surgery about which type of valve is best for you. The aortic valve opens and closes to keep blood flowing in the proper direction through your heart. When the ...

This bulge can enlarge over time as the walls of the aorta become thinner and stretch (like a balloon). This bulge in the aorta is called an abdominal aortic aneurysm ... or surgery may be required ...

This is designed to enhance the device attachment to the aortic ... no aneurysm-related mortality. There was an 8% rate of sac enlargement with stent fracture in 32%. *Division of Vascular Surgery ...

Australian radio host Kyle Sandilands announced on air yesterday that he has a brain aneurysm and needs urgent brain surgery.

In a multicenter, retrospective review of patients admitted with intact and ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), ...

This is an emergency, Conner said. About 50% of people who have an aortic dissection die at home. Of the other 50% who make ...