The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) have released a revamped guideline on the diagnosis and management of aortic disease, more than 12 years after the last ...

The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) have published an updated guideline on the diagnosis and management of aortic disease, focusing on surgical ...

People who underwent a minimally invasive procedure to have their heart's aortic valve replaced had similar health outcomes ...

People living with aortic stenosis (AS) could gain earlier access to innovative care and treatment thanks to a new effort from the American Heart Association designed to boost clinical trial ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. -- February is National Heart Health Month and there have been many discussions about how diet and exercise can help prevent heart disease. But there is another area of the heart, ...

An aortic dissection is a tear in one of the layers of the aorta. The aorta is your body’s largest blood vessel. Your aorta is made up of three layers. When a hole or tear forms in one of these layers ...

More than 10 million older adults in the U.S. have mild or greater valvular heart disease and the prevalence is expected to grow over the next several decades, according to data from the PREVUE-VALVE ...

More than two decades’ worth of data from a large Japanese registry are shedding light on the factors that up the odds a person will die from aortic disease—most salient are heavy smoking, higher ...

Epiaortic ultrasonography has high sensitivity for the detection of atherosclerosis. In several studies, the technique has identified atherosclerosis of the ascending aorta as the major risk factor ...

The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association have published a new guideline on the diagnosis and management of aortic disease, focusing on surgical intervention considerations ...

THE incidence of dissecting aneurysm of the aorta is higher than is usually realized, since it is found at about 1 of 500 autopsies. 1 With increased accuracy in diagnosis more cases of acute ...