Catherine O'Hara's heart and organs were a mirror image of most people's. Though that is rare, congenital heart defects are fairly common.

Women with moderate-to-severe aortic regurgitation managed without surgery show worse survival than men. Measures of left ...

Background Aortic dimensions are critical for assessing the risk of acute aortic complications and guiding surgical ...

In-hospital mortality for left-sided infective endocarditis is strongly associated with sepsis and the failure to complete ...

Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the factors affecting false lumen patency in the descending thoracic aorta among patients who underwent surgery for acute type 1 aortic dissection.

Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD Pain under the left rib cage isn't always serious, but it can involve several organs.Gas ...

The authors have declared no conflicts of interest. 1. Coarctation of the aorta is a congenital cardiovascular disease with variable presentations, ranging from asymptomatic cases to acute emergencies ...

1 Key Laboratory of Trauma and Neural Regeneration (Ministry of Education), Trauma Center, National Center for Trauma Medicine, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China 2 Department of ...

β-aminopropionitrile (BAPN) is a pharmacological inhibitor of LOX (lysyl oxidase) and LOXLs (LOX-like proteins). Administration of BAPN promotes aortopathies, although there is a paucity of data on ...