When we think of heart-related emergencies, we often picture heart attacks or strokes. But there’s another silent yet life-threatening condition that gets very little attention- aortic aneurysm.

The Queensland man's aorta, the biggest blood vessel in the body, had ballooned to about four times the usual size, leaving it in danger of rupturing.

Background Coarctation of the aorta (CoA) has good modern results, but large multicentre longitudinal data on outcomes, especially hospital resource utilisation through childhood and adolescence, are ...

The past 12 months mark a milestone year for the discipline of sports and exercise cardiology.We have seen the publication of two major guideline documents for athletes: the 2025 American Heart Associ ...

Aortic aneurysms are a common vascular disease in Western populations that can involve virtually any portion of the aorta. Abdominal aortic aneurysms are much more common than thoracic aortic ...

Complete Transcatheter vs. Surgical Strategies for Aortic Stenosis With Coronary Artery Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized and Propensity-Matched Studies ...

### Learning objectives After reading this article, the readers should be able to: Acute aortic dissection (AAD) is a relatively rare but much-feared clinical presentation which has a high mortality, ...

Abstract The authors describe a case of an infrequent triple association: left pulmonary artery aneurysm (PAA), uncorrected tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) and patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), diagnosed in a ...

The aorta was mobilized and clamped proximally just distal to the origin of the left subclavian artery. The involved segment of aorta was excised, and an 18 mm-Dacron interposition graft was sutured ...

In case of dissection extending over the ascending aorta or it being complicated by aortic regurgitation or pericardial effusion, management consists of emergent surgery (Figure 8).

Papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve is rare and may not cause symptoms, but does require treatment. Here is an account of how the problem was detected and treated in a 75-year-old male.

Aortic segments were defined as follows: (1) ascending aorta: segment from the aortic bulb onto the outlet of the brachiocephalic trunk; (2) aortic arch: the following segment including the outlet of ...