Your aorta is a tube-like structure that resembles a candy cane. The thoracoabdominal aorta starts after the curve of the cane and extends past the arteries that deliver blood to the stomach, ...

CHICAGO, April 28, 2025 — The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) today announced the launch of its latest surgical risk calculator designed for patients undergoing ascending aorta and aortic root ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There was a low growth rate for moderately dilated ascending aorta, according to a systematic review and ...

For years, one vital blood vessel in the body has largely required open-heart surgery, even as less invasive vascular procedures became common elsewhere. That vessel is the ascending aorta — the ...

Intermountain Health surgeons have achieved a medical milestone for Utah patients by successfully performing the state’s first procedure to repair a lesion or tear in the ascending aorta, the largest ...

Ascending aortic hemiarch reconstruction offers the same long-term benefits to patients over age 65 with acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) as more complex extended arch reconstruction procedures, ...

Being elected state president of the B.P.O.E. Elks may have saved the life of Red Cap Ambassador Cameron Ricci.