Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In patients who had mitral valve surgery, women were more likely than men to need tricuspid repair but less ...

Through a statewide partnership, hospitals in Michigan drastically increased the number of patients who receive follow up imaging after undergoing aortic aneurysm repair, according to a recent study.

The decision to perform ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm (ATAA) repair is primarily guided by diameter thresholds, but the optimal timing remains debated. We aimed to analyze ATAA outcomes in a ...

April Fools’ Day is amateur hour for funny business. A day that celebrates pranks and lying? No thanks. But I wish the physician’s assistant who read me my test results April 1, 2025, was screwing ...

MURRAY, Utah (ABC4 Utah) – Intermountain Health surgeons have achieved a medical milestone for Utah patients by successfully performing the state’s first minimally invasive ascending aorta stent graft ...

The Frozen Elephant Trunk (FET) technique using the FROZENIX ® J-graft simplifies total arch replacement but poses challenges in patients with anatomically complex aortas. We report two cases of ...

CHICAGO, April 28, 2025 — The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) today announced the launch of its latest surgical risk calculator designed for patients undergoing ascending aorta and aortic root ...

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) was the ...

Patients with ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm are recommended to undergo routine imaging surveillance. Although maximal diameter is the primary metric of disease severity, recent American College ...

Cannulation strategies in aortic arch surgeries are a matter of immense discussion. Majority of time deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA) is the way out, but it does come with its set of ...

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