Such zone measurements will capture the (variable) sites of maximal dilation. Additionally, the authors measured the aorta only in the anteroposterior dimension, not along the largest diameter. Second ...

A late-breaking study presented today at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical ...

Vascular. 2010;18(1):41-44. As a consequence of the widespread availability of advanced diagnostic tests, thoracic aorta thrombi will continue to be diagnosed with increased frequency ...

ANEURYSMS of the thoracic aorta may be of diverse etiology. Atherosclerosis, syphilis, medial degeneration, trauma and occasionally sepsis have been implicated. 1–4 The present case represents a ...

They can involve the ascending aorta, aortic arch, thoracic descending aorta, and/or abdominal descending aorta. An extensive molecular characterization of 150 human thoracic aorta specimens ...

Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) of the proximal thoracic aorta are derived from second heart field (SHF) and cardiac neural crest (CNC) lineages. Recent studies, both in vitro and in vivo, have implied ...

Large and rare duplications and deletions in a chromosome region known as 22q11.2 , which involves genes that regulate ...

Large and rare duplications and deletions in a chromosome region known as 22q11.2 , which involves genes that regulate ...

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

The condition can lead to complications as severe as thoracic aortic aneurysms, weakening of the aortic wall, and aortic stenosis, or narrowing of the aortic valve. Nonsyndromic means that the ...

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons kicks off a fire response fund with a $100,000 donation. One surgeon called the upcoming ...