Hiren Parekh, a Yale junior and Saxony Lutheran alum, presented research on gender disparities in Type A aortic dissection at ...

Hemodynamic analysis based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelling is expected to improve risk stratification for patients with aortic aneurysms and dissections. However, the parameter ...

Multifaceted disparities exist between men and women with thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection. Despite a higher prevalence of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection among men, women experience ...

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What is aortic stenosis in children? Aortic stenosis means that your child has a heart valve that is too narrow or is blocked. The aortic valve is 1 of 4 heart valves that keep blood flowing through ...

Sex differences in the risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes of patients with cardiovascular disease have been well described; however, the bulk of the literature has focused on heart ...

Acute aortic intramural hematoma (IMH) is a relatively uncommon but potentially life-threatening aortic disease that can occur primarily in hypertensive and atherosclerotic patients. The course of IMH ...

Aortic dissection (AD) is a serious cardiovascular disease characterized by a tear in the inner layer of the aorta [1, 2]. Consequently, blood flows between the layers of the aortic wall and forces ...

A recent editorial claimed that “it’s time to act” in asymptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS). The expert authors, including eminent cardiologist Eugene Braunwald, MD ...

Reentry to the mediastinum when the ascending aorta aneurysm is adherent to the sternum is characterized by high risk of aneurysm rupture during sternum opening. In such cases, often cardiopulmonary ...