Medically reviewed by Oliver Eng, MD Arteries are large blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood from the heart to the cells ...

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 ...

Upon arriving at the hospital, Dennett underwent a CT scan which found he had "a dissection of the aorta," he wrote on the blog. "The lining of the main output vessel carrying blood from my heart had ...

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 ...

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 ...

arterial lines and minor surgery, vessels heal by the rapid division of smooth muscle cells – the most important layer in the blood vessel wall, which controls and regulates blood flow. With more ...

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 ...