Aortic aneurysms, known as "silent killers," are increasingly deadly, causing 2 per cent of global cardiovascular deaths ...

He slit open the 70-year-old duke’s belly and cut down to the aorta, the body’s main artery, on which he found a 4-in. section that had swollen into an aneurysm, much as an inner tube will ...

Dennett had a coronary artery bypass graft seven years ago ... oxygen until they could get the heart-lung machine pumping," he wrote. Now, Dennett has a new aorta and aortic arch, which is made out of ...

2). A large fusiform aneurysm was found, beginning just distal to the aortic valve and ending just proximal to the innominate artery. The arch was slightly dilated, and the left subclavian artery ...

Diagnosis: Papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve in conjunction with coronary artery disease. Management: Surgical excision of the mobile lesion and an end-to-side anastomosis of the left ...