Aortic pathology is the leading cause of death in patients with Marfan syndrome ... Rabbits are a classic animal model species for cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis, and are frequently ...

In this work the essential contribution of Piezo1 channels to arterial medial calcification is demonstrated. The presence of Piezo1 was proved on human aortic smooth muscle samples using ...

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

Vascular. 2010;18(1):41-44. As a consequence of the widespread availability of advanced diagnostic tests, thoracic aorta thrombi will continue to be diagnosed with increased frequency ...

Tarek S. Absi, MD;* Thoralf M. Sundt III, MD; Cynthia J. Camillo, MSN;* Richard B. Schuessler, PhD;* Fernando R. Gutierrez, MD * *Department of Surgery, Division of ...