Despite guideline recommendations, the use of bioprosthetic heart valves has surpassed mechanical valves, but data from a large surgical database may lead to a reassessment of that practice.

Earlie Smith experienced an aortic dissection. Months later, her brother, Larry Smith, also had one. The same doctor helped ...

Australian radio host Kyle Sandilands announced on air yesterday that he has a brain aneurysm and needs urgent brain surgery.

This is an emergency, Conner said. About 50% of people who have an aortic dissection die at home. Of the other 50% who make ...

Artivion, Inc. , a leading cardiac and vascular surgery company focused on aortic disease, today announced data from the AMDS PERSEVERE clinical trial (the "IDE") was presented in a Late-Breaking ...

Polly Abrey, a Croydon teacher, has reunited with the paramedics who saved her life after a life-threatening tear in her aorta.