University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) has carried out the first open-heart operation in the UK using a state-of-the-art ...

In a cohort of 39 966 Medicare beneficiaries who underwent endovascular aortic repair, aneurysm rupture occurred in 5.4% of patients over an 8-year follow-up. 4 Risk factors for aneurysm rupture after ...

The aortic valve-sparing option was preferred in the base-case analysis of a 20-year-old patient with Marfan syndrome and thoracic aortic aneurysm because it extended life expectancy to 73.8 years ...

Valve‑sparing root replacement surgery, in which the aorta is replaced with a tube graft and the native aortic valve is conserved, is also suitable for some people with normal valve function. This is ...

Aortic graft infection: Infection of the synthetic or biological material used to repair the aorta, often complicated by biofilm formation and persistent inflammation.

Endospan’s NEXUS TM Aortic Arch Stent Graft System is the first endovascular off-the-shelf system with CE Mark to treat a greatly underserved group of patients diagnosed with a dilative lesion ...

In an accompanying editorial, Melissa Russo, MD (Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI), and Anji Yetman, MD (University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha), agree that the study presents ...

Medtronic announced that it has received both FDA approval and a CE mark for its Endurant IIs AAA stent graft, intended for minimally invasive treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms. According to ...

LAS VEGAS — Patients with acute type B aortic dissection benefited from treatment with a thoracic stent graft, according to midterm findings of the DISSECTION trial presented at VIVA 15 ...