Kauvery Hospital, Alwarpet has successfully performed a highly complex and rare TAVR-in-TAVR-in-SAVR procedure with ...

Ascending aortic hemiarch reconstruction offers the same long-term benefits to patients over age 65 with acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) as more complex extended arch reconstruction procedures, ...

With approximately 35 million people affected by aortic conditions globally medical science has introduced a minimally invasive treatment known as TEVAR Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair ...

Background Thoraco-abdominal endovascular aortic repair [(T)EVAR] of thoracic (TEVAR) and abdominal aorta (EVAR) has surpassed open surgical repair for thoraco-abdominal aortic diseases. Objectives We ...

Describes the nature of a clinical study. Types include: Observational study — observes people and measures outcomes without affecting results. Interventional study (clinical trial) — studies new ...

A 74-year-old man presents to the emergency department with a 1-day history of severe chest and back pain. He has a history of hypertension and has run out of medication. He has no history of similar ...

Describes the nature of a clinical study. Types include: Observational study — observes people and measures outcomes without affecting results. Interventional study (clinical trial) — studies new ...

Because heterozygous loss-of-function variants in the gene LOX, which encodes LOXs (lysyl oxidases), cause thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections in humans, β-aminopropionitrile (BAPN), an ...

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