Young patients who have undergone the Ross procedure for aortic valve disease have shown excellent long-term survival, the ...

New research presented at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that anatomic lung resections, ...

Young patients who have undergone the Ross procedure for aortic valve disease have shown excellent long-term survival, the ...

an aneurysm of the ascending aorta, with slight dilatation of the arch and descending thoracic aorta, and increased pulsations of the left ventricle and ascending aorta. An electrocardiogram ...

The Zenith TX2 TAA Endovascular stent graft is designed as a two-piece modular system, although implantation of a single device may be sufficient for focal thoracic aortic lesions (see fig 8).

Here, we report the rare case of a pediatric patient with CAEBV and EBV- hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) complicated with a giant coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) and thrombosis, a giant ...

The Stanford group considers: type A (dissection involving ascending aorta) and type B (descending aorta ... that disclosed significant abdominal aorta dilatation. She reported a history of suggestive ...

Pharmacological treatments for MFS aim to limit the rate of aortic dilatation and slow the progression of cardiovascular disease. However, MFS cannot be completely cured, and research into drug ...

Esophageal dilation is a treatment to help stretch, or dilate, abnormal narrowings found in the esophagus. These narrowings are called strictures and can occur from a variety of health problems. They ...

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Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) of the proximal thoracic aorta are derived from second heart field (SHF) and cardiac neural crest (CNC) lineages. Recent studies, both in vitro and in vivo, have implied ...