Medically reviewed by Anisha Shah, MD Key Takeaways The abdominal aorta carries blood from the heart to organs in the lower body.It splits into the right and left common iliac arteries near the pelvis ...

The aortic arch is the portion of the main artery that bends between the ascending and descending aorta. It leaves the heart and ascends, then descends back to create the arch. The aorta distributes ...

When the First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo first underwent a successful surgery for the repair of an aortic aneurysm in April 2007, many people had never heard, much less know much, about this ...

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 ...

Ascending aortic aneurysms are a subtype of thoracic aneurysms, which occur in the chest area. They affect thousands of Americans annually and can be life threatening if not monitored. An aneurysm is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . NEW ORLEANS — Transcatheter aortic valve replacement in failing transcatheter valves may not be feasible in ...

Microvascular remodeling and large artery stiffness are key determinants of cardiovascular hemodynamics and can now be studied with new non-invasive methods. Our objective was to study the ...

Hintergrund: Aufgrund ihres asymptomatischen Verlaufs bis zum Auftreten von Komplikationen stellen Aneurysmen der Aorta ascendens eine Herausforderung für Allgemeinmediziner, Internisten und ...