SAN ANTONIO -- During aortic arch surgery, even short bouts of hypothermic circulatory arrest (HCA) were associated with neurocognitive and neuroimaging deficits after surgery regardless of the level ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. - Following the recent U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval of the Thoraflex Hybrid frozen elephant trunk device for the treatment of patients with complex aortic arch disease, ...

HERZLIA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Endospan, a pioneer in off-the-shelf endovascular repair of aortic arch disease received approval from FDA of an investigational device exemption, or IDE, to start ...

Ascending aortic hemiarch reconstruction offers the same long-term benefits to patients over age 65 with acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) as more complex extended arch reconstruction procedures, ...

In performing open arch replacement, surgeons at our center and others currently prefer to reattach the individual brachiocephalic branches separately, rather than reattaching a single island of ...

Your aorta is a tube-like structure that resembles a candy cane. The thoracoabdominal aorta starts after the curve of the cane and extends past the arteries that deliver blood to the stomach, ...

It started with a nagging pain in the back, the one that most people attribute to exhaustion or old age. But as the pain started to grow, anxiety gradually took over. What seemed to be a simple ...

Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Following the U.S. Food and Drug approval of the Thoraflex Hybrid frozen truck elephant device, MUSC has announced that it was the first medical center in the Southeast to ...