Your aorta is a tube-like structure that resembles a candy cane. The ascending aorta forms the beginning or handle of the cane and originates at the aortic valve. The ascending aorta includes the ...

Aneurysms in the ascending aorta (the section closest to the heart) usually occur in younger people and may be linked to ...

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Although patients with Loeys-Dietz syndrome are at risk of developing aneurysms in all arteries, the base of the aorta closest to the heart is the site at greatest risk, the researchers say.

The freshman at Eau Claire North High School received a diagnosis of bicuspid aortic valve with dilated ascending aorta this ...

The AMDS is employed as part of a standard open procedure to replace about half of the ascending arch and the ... extends downstream into the descending aorta before expanding to hold open the ...

Artivion, Inc. (NYSE: AORT), a leading cardiac and vascular surgery company focused on aortic disease, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted a Humanitarian ...

Your aorta is a tube-like structure that resembles a candy cane. The thoracoabdominal aorta starts after the curve of the cane and extends past the arteries that deliver blood to the stomach, ...