1Current conventional treatment for patients with significant aortic incompetence caused by a dilated, aneurysmal aortic root is replacement of the ascending aorta using a synthetic graft ... In this ...

Hemodynamics may play a role contributing to the progression of bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) aortopathy. This study measured the impact of BAV on the distribution of regional aortic wall shear stress ...

The subdivision into seven segments seems to be clinically important—the aortic root, the ascending aorta, the ascending aortic arch, the vessel bearing arch, the aortic isthmus, and the thoracic ...

Mural cells in ascending aortic aneurysms undergo phenotypic changes that promote extracellular matrix destruction and structural weakening. To explore this biology, we analyzed the transcriptional ...

Not only is their roster deep, but plenty of their core players are still ascending. Wiggins said that it's hard for him to gain weight. I wish I had that problem, but at 10 pounds heavier ...

Objective In this study, the impact of regular training on left ventricle morphology in a group of athletes with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) was evaluated. Design Longitudinal cohort study. A group of ...

All operations were registered as isolated valve surgery, but due to limitations in the NCSP codes available, we cannot rule out that aortic procedures, such as ascending aortic surgery or aortic root ...

Kim’s aortic valve had deteriorated and was calcified and no longer working properly – the natural outcome of congenital bicuspid valve disease she’d been diagnosed with in her 30s.

The heart’s four valves – the mitral, aortic, pulmonary, and tricuspid – open and close to move blood around the body. If a valve becomes damaged or stretched, it can also become leaky.

Yet these humanlike machines are prompting fiery debates around safety, form and function. “We will add vision to give robots planning capabilities, the ability to understand speech and will add ...