A cardiac charity has praised a man from Somerset for raising more than £10,000 for the charity over 20 years, calling his ...

A Yeovil father has been recognised by cardiac charity Heartbeat as one of its most dedicated fundraisers, having raised more ...

Southampton cardiac charity Heartbeat recently has thanked one of its most committed fundraisers, Nigel Brown who has raised ...

Risk stratification is highly desirable in patients with uncomplicated Stanford type B aortic dissection but inadequately supported by evidence. We sought to validate externally a published prediction ...

p=0.072), ascending aorta (from 0.40±0.05 to −0.01±0.18, p=0.072) and distal descending aorta (from 0.32±0.04 to 0.01±0.14, p=0.072). Conclusion Resveratrol treatment for 1 year may stabilise the ...

Results The length of the thoracic aorta was significantly related to age (r=0.54) and increased by 59 mm (males) or 66 mm (females) between the ages of 20 and 80 years. Elongation was most pronounced ...

aortic arch, descending aorta and whole thoracic aorta. Conclusion: TKE of blood flow in the healthy thoracic aorta increases with dobutamine stress and is strongly related to cardiac output.

Backgrounds and Objectives: Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) has currently become the “first-line choice” for descending aortic pathologies. For pathologies located at the aortic arch, ...

A Type A dissection (the more common and dangerous type) describes a tear in the ascending portion of the aorta near where it leaves the heart or a tear running from the ascending portion down to the ...