The aorta, a large blood vessel responsible for transporting oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body, plays a crucial role in our circulatory system. While it has long been known that ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Atrial fibrillation was associated with mortality in patients with significant aortic stenosis, but correction ...

The American Heart Association (AHA) reported new research Aug. 2, linking a specific reduction in calories to an increase in aortic function in people ages 65 to 79. The AHA journal Circulation’s ...

August 12, 2009 (Oxford, United Kingdom) — Significant weight loss in severely obese people, on its own, seemed to improve cardiac hypertrophy and diastolic function and reduce aortic stiffness over ...

We report a case of asymptomatic dissection of the descending aorta (type B aortic dissection) with silent renal hypoperfusion. A small, nonfunctioning kidney and a contralateral hypertrophied kidney ...

Background Aortic dimensions are critical for assessing the risk of acute aortic complications and guiding surgical ...