Chest pain and heart attacks have become almost synonymous in most people's minds, but not all chest pain comes from the ...

A new study published in Nature Communications identifies a molecular signaling pathway that contributes to the development ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A computer visualization of the aorta, an organ of the body only now officially being recognized as such. Andreas Arnold/dpa The ...

A team led by researchers from the UAB and the network of biomedical research centers in cardiovascular diseases CIBERCV has demonstrated that the fatty tissue surrounding the aorta actively ...

Coarctation is the term used to describe a narrowing in the wall of a vessel. Coarctation of the aorta is narrowing of the aorta, the main artery that delivers oxygen-rich blood from the heart, around ...

Sportschosun reporter Jang Jong-ho] An abdominal aortic aneurysm is one of the most dangerous vascular diseases because it ...

What Is an Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm? An abdominal aortic aneurysm is a condition where the lower section of your aorta — in your abdomen — weakens and bulges outward. Your aorta is the major blood ...

If you or someone you love needs to have surgery for an aortic aneurysm, you’ll want to know what happens and what the recovery is like. This is the most common type of surgery to repair an aortic ...

The Numbers First The only intact blue whale heart ever preserved and studied in detail came from a specimen that washed ...

Aortica’s software lets doctors design custom stents, shown above, which can treat complex cases of aortic aneurysms. (Aortica Illustration) The aorta is an important blood vessel, to say the least.

Her husband and their five children call Rosa Wernher "the Energizer bunny" because she is always on the go. For decades, not even her genetically inherited Marfan syndrome could keep her off her feet ...