Endovascular repair of thoracic aortic aneurysm has become an important treatment modality in patients who are at increased risk for open surgical repair. Since the US Food and Drug Administration ...

The entire cohort study consisted of 457 patients (113 emergency and 344 elective cases) who underwent thoracic aortic repair with the Talent Thoracic Stent Graft for different aortic pathologies ...

Gore & Associates announced that the company’s TAG thoracic branch endoprosthesis (TBE) has received FDA approval for us ...

The purpose of this study is to identify key aortic parameters implicated in the development of adverse outcomes in TAA patients, in order to develop improved risk stratification and therapeutic ...

The patient was then transferred to a vascular unit for further investigations. A transesophageal echocardiogram showed a structurally normal heart, but 2 masses were visible in the descending ...

Introduction Chronic thoracic aortic aneurysm (CTAA) affecting the arch or descending aorta is an indolent but life-threatening condition with a rising prevalence as the UK population ages. Treatment ...

Two studies published in JACC on June 16 provide new insights on arterial events associated with heritable thoracic aortic disease (TAD) and the relative risk in patients with pathogenic variants (PVs ...

Introduction Takayasu Arteritis (TAK) is the most common large vessel vasculitis in children. It is characterized by granulomatous inflammation of the aorta, its major branches and the pulmonary ...

The following is a summary of the British Thoracic Society (BTS) Guideline for diagnosing and monitoring paediatric sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and includes a summary of the recommendations and ...

Objective This study aimed to assess the prevalence of thoracic aortic disease (TAD) and abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) among patients with simple renal cyst (SRC) and bovine aortic arch ...

Background: Mural cells in ascending aortic aneurysms undergo phenotypic changes that promote extracellular matrix destruction and structural weakening. To explore this biology, we analyzed the ...