Growing up with a heart disease, Ashley Pecora never knew what her life was going to look like—until two years ago when she ...

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.

Growing up with a heart disease, Ashley Pecora never knew what her life was going to look like—until two years ago when she ...

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 ...

We were especially curious about the echocardiogram results which would reveal how well Johnny's then-19-year-old prosthetic heart valve was functioning. Thankfully, his valve was in good working ...

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.