For patients with symptomatic aortic regurgitation at high surgical risk, a transcatheter aortic valve replacement system exceeded safety and performance goals, according to results of the ALIGN-AR ...

Objectives This study aimed to develop a patient-centred approach to the burden of acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) through modelling. The main objective was to identify potential improvements ...

Thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) is an indolent ... size, location, prior surgical repair), aneurysm pathogenesis (eg, BAV, Marfan syndrome), aortic biomechanics and hemodynamics (eg, peak velocity, ...

(2012) used ECG-gated cine MRA to capture aortic wall movements and performed dynamic mesh simulations to predict hemodynamics in patients treated by thoracic endovascular aortic repair ... prediction ...

Binsalamah and colleagues identified a double aortic arch with dominant right arch and a left descending thoracic aorta (circumflex arch) creating a vascular ring with tracheal compression (19). The ...

Several molecular pathways and the activation of matrix metalloproteinases associated with the pathogenesis of SS participate in the initiation and progression of aortic aneurysm (AA) and aortic ...

Of those who make it to the hospital alive, 50 percent do not survive the repair. Among patients with a thoracic aortic aneurysm who have elective surgery, the five-year survival rate is 85 ...