A vascular surgical technique pioneered at UT Southwestern Medical Center and designed to replace infected aortic grafts with the body's own veins has proved more durable and less prone to new ...

A rare cardiac surgery was performed at SIMS Hospital, Vadapalani, to treat aneurysm of the aorta, the largest blood vessel that carries blood to the brain and the body. Prashant Ganesh Bhoge, a ...

Aortic graft and stent-graft infections (AGSGIs) are a type of infection that can occur after open or endovascular aortic repair. These types of infection affect the synthetic material used to replace ...

A new study by researchers at McGill University has measured the dynamic physical properties of the human aorta, laying the foundation for the development of grafts capable of mimicking the native ...

There is no clearly established strategy for the treatment of a patient with cardiomyopathy and a symptomatic aneurysm of the thoracic aorta. We report the successful use of an approach combining ...

The aorta is the main blood vessel that carries oxygen-filled blood from the heart to the rest of the body. It extends from the chest to the abdomen, where it branches (bifurcates) into the iliac ...