Surgeons at Intermountain Health are testing a new approach to treat the ascending aorta — a critical artery once considered ...

A beveled aortic hemiarch replacement is a surgical procedure to repair an aortic aneurysm or aortic dissection in the ascending aorta and arch of the aorta. This procedure involves removing the ...

The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body. It leaves the heart and forms an arch. The arch’s downward portion, called the descending aorta, is connected to a network of arteries that supplies ...

MAQUET Cardiovascular today announced that it has received European CE Mark approval for its CARDIOROOT aortic graft. An innovative, one-piece design, aortic root graft, CARDIOROOT will be used by ...

GORE ® Ascending Stent Graft, an investigational device, is an off-the-shelf endovascular solution designed to treat life-threatening Type A dissections of the ascending aorta FLAGSTAFF, ...

Gore & Associates announced the first implantation of its investigational Gore Ascending Stent Graft in the ARISE III tria ...

Awareness of the clinical significance of thoracic aortic aneurismal disease has increased in recent years. As diagnostic tools have improved our ability to identify aortic pathology, surgical ...

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 ...

Epiaortic ultrasonography has high sensitivity for the detection of atherosclerosis. In several studies, the technique has identified atherosclerosis of the ascending aorta as the major risk factor ...