Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is now an established treatment option for elderly patients with severe ...

Left main coronary artery (LMCA) disease can lead to what's known as a "widowmaker" heart attack, so-called because of the ...

There is currently no way to stop calcification of the aortic valve. If all else fails, the valve must be replaced. To better ...

Facility Director at SDM Narayana Heart Centre Shashikumar I. Pattanshetti said that the team’s expertise and patient-focused ...

Dharwad: SDM Narayana Heart Centre, Sattur, Dharwad has successfully provided the sophisticated TAVR treatment to a senior ...

Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2012;10(12):1497-1516. A circumflex RAA also causes a vascular ring, by echo showing RAA branching pattern and a thoracic descending aorta in the left side of the ...

The heart remains beating while being displaced to expose the posterior pericardium. The descending aorta, typically small in diameter, is palpated and identified. The pericardium is opened along the ...

SIMS Hospital, Chennai, has successfully performed India’s first combined transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and Frozen Elephant Trunk (FET) graft procedure on a 61-year-old patient ...

The aorta represents a complex organ system which begins in the aortic ring adjacent to the aortic root with the origin of the two major coronary arteries, and ends at the iliac bifurcation. The ...

There are two main types of aortic dissection: ascending and descending. Aortic dissections can be acute (sudden) or chronic (long-term). Ascending Aortic Dissection An ascending aortic dissection ...

A recent study has shown that even simple renal cysts, without a full polycystic pattern, seem to associate with thoracic aortic aneurysm. 34 The prevalence of simple renal cysts is 37.1%, 57.0%, 44.1 ...

Objective In patients with bicuspid aortic valve (BAV), coronary anatomy is variable. High take-off coronary arteries have been described, but data are scarce, especially when associated with complex ...