A new method of alerting clinical care providers holds promise for increasing treatment and improving survival for patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS), a valvular heart condition that can be ...

Pastor Max Lucado recently revealed he got the word tetelestai, Greek for it is finished, tattooed on his right forearm at ...

Aortic dissection is a life-threatening medical condition in which a tear occurs in the major artery (aorta) that carries ...

“I thought I was having a brain aneurysm," he said. "I thought my brain was trying to get out of my head.” McCoy said it wasn’t until he was being checked by EMS that he realized what had ...

The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body, carrying oxygen-rich blood from the heart to every organ and tissue. It begins at the left ventricle, extends upward through the chest to form an ...

Abstract: Objective: Computational modelling of ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms (ATAA) typically assumes zerodisplacement at the model's inlet. In this study we incorporated different types of ...

Collarbone pain is usually caused by an injury, such as a fracture or joint separation. However, your collarbone, also known as the clavicle, may hurt for other reasons. It can be tender from sleeping ...

Background Aneurysm wall enhancement (AWE) is a potential surrogate biomarker for aneurysm instability. Previous studies have assessed AWE using 2D multiplanar methods, most of which were conducted ...

Although studies have compared the cost of cerebral aneurysm clipping (CAC) and coiling, they have not focused on identification of drivers of cost after CAC, or prediction of its magnitude. The ...

Aortic coarctation is a fatal cardiovascular disease. For Stanford type B aortic coarctation, aortic endovascular isolation (TEVAR) is currently the treatment of choice and is far less invasive than ...