Between the simpler approach of ascending aortic hemiarch replacement and a full-on extended arch reconstruction, overall ...

Ascending aortic hemiarch reconstruction offers the same long-term benefits to patients over age 65 with acute type A aortic ...

Premenopausal women presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are a unique and often underrecognized patient population. Although they are traditionally considered at lower cardiovascular risk ...

Criteria for who should get heart surgery and when are based primarily on research in men, but two studies suggest this leads ...

Ascending aortic hemiarch reconstruction offers the same long-term benefits to patients over age 65 with acute type A aortic ...

Around 20% of patients with cervical artery dissection have dissecting aneurysm but no increased risk for subsequent ischemic stroke.

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a rare acute coronary artery event; however, it should always be considered in pregnant and postpartum patients as it can be life-threatening if ...

People who developed a type of aneurysm with a cervical artery dissection (a tear in the inner lining of the neck artery wall ...

The aorta is a major blood vessel carrying blood from the heart to the rest of the body. As the heart pumps blood, it first enters the aorta and is then delivered via connecting vessels to the rest of ...

Since then, Bishop has undergone two open-heart surgeries at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, with her latest procedure being done by Kyle Eudailey, M.D., at the UAB Medicine Cardiovascular ...

Students at a New Jersey high school can virtually dissect the human body, thanks to the purchase of cutting edge technology that is typically available only to medical students. Cadaver dissection is ...

Illustration of a dissection in Fasciculus Medicinae (first published 1491, edition from 1495) (courtesy the New York Academy of Medicine) In a series for the first day of each month, Hyperallergic is ...