Aortic Stenosis

Aortic Regurgitation

Aortic Dissection

Ventricular aneurysm

Ventricular aneurysms are usually aftereffects of myocardial infarctions. When the heart muscle (cardiac muscle) partially dies during a heart attack, a layer of muscle may survive, and being severe...

Aortic Branch Aneurysms

Thoracic aortic aneurysm: A potentially dangerous but treatable condition

Thoracic aortic aneurysm — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms, screening and treatment of this serious condition.

Survival Equal in 2 Types of Abdominal Aneurysm Repair: Study

FRIDAY, Dec. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term survival rates are similar for patients who undergo less-invasive or open surgery to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm, a new study finds. An abdominal...

Gene Associated With Inflammation In The Aorta Could Lead To Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

A gene that contributes to cancer and cardiovascular development may be the cause of swelling in the most common type of aortic aneurysm, and could be the key to treatment. This new study, published i...

Aortic Aneurysm 12-Gene Test Panel in Development

Identifying causative mutations in the diagnostic workup of patients with syndromic thoracic aortic aneurysm may optimize treatment. Medscape Medical News

Branches following complex aortic aneurysm repair appear to be durable: Study

Branches following complex aortic aneurysm repair appear to be durable and are rarely the cause of patient death following complex aortic aneurysm repair according to a study presented at the 66th Vas...

Abdominal aortic aneurysm: A potentially dangerous, but treatable condition

Abdominal aortic aneurysm — Comprehensive overview covers the symptoms and treatment of this dangerous condition.

Vascular disease: Repair of infrarenal aortic aneurysm—the debate is OVER

Randomized trials of open versus endovascular repair (EVR) of abdominal aortic aneurysm have demonstrated the short-term superiority of EVR, but have raised questions about the long-term durability of...

Customized device tailored to patient's individual anatomy now used to repair abdominal aortic aneurysm without surgery

An abdominal aortic aneurysm - a bulge in the large artery that carries blood away from the heart - can be immediately life-threatening if it grows large enough to rupture. The chance of survival when...

Ascending aortic aneurysm associated with a quadricuspid aortic valve.

We report here a rare case of ascending aortic aneurysm associated with a tricuspitalized quadricuspid aortic valve. A 45-year-old man had a fusiform ascending aortic aneurysm with aortic valve regurg...

Repair of an Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Using Reduction Aortoplasty in a Jehovah's Witness.

Abstract  Reduction ascending aortoplasty has been advocated as a possible alternative to traditional graft replacement for treatment of aneurysms of the ascending aorta and root. We report a case o...

Gonococcal ascending aortitis with penetrating ulcers and intraluminal thrombus.

Neisseria gonorrhoeae is an uncommon pathogen causing bacterial aortitis. We describe a patient with a bicuspid aortic valve and known ascending aortic aneurysm who presented with fever and chest pain...

Sub-acute intramural haematoma of the ascending aorta.

We report the case of an ascending aorta aneurysm with intramural haematoma (IMH) in a patient with severe hypotension without history of thoracic pain or hypertension. Computed tomography angiography...

Branched endograft repair of mycotic ascending aortic aneurysm using the snorkel technique.

Mycotic aneurysms are difficult clinical cases that can be approached by several methods. Debridement of infected tissue with in situ or extra-anatomic bypass is the traditional treatment. In poor ope...