Studio 17 Heart Month: Understanding Aortic Aneurysms

During Heart Month, host Rick spoke with Dr. Apuerto, a cardiothoracic surgeon with Dignity Health, to break down the ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Brachial-Artery Bruits in Aortic-Valve Disease and Hypertrophic Subaortic Stenosis

Each heavy vertical line represents two-tenths second. Note the double systolic sound associated with the double summit of the pulsus bisferiens in this case of severe aortic stenosis. The purpose of ...
Nature

Aortic stiffness improves the prediction of both diagnosis and severity of coronary artery disease

Elective coronography has low diagnostic yield for obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD). We aim to determine whether non-invasive aortic stiffness assessment improves diagnostic accuracy of CAD ...

Aortic Aneurysm: The Silent Killer We Must Detect Early

Aortic aneurysm is one of the most dangerous yet least understood vascular diseases. It develops silently, without early ...
The Lantern

Ohio State researchers develop minimally invasive aortic aneurysm surgery

Chuck McMullens reached for his bedroom phone to dial 911 as he collapsed to the floor in early July 2020, losing feeling in both of his legs, terrified that first responders wouldn’t make it to his ...
The Advocate

Two Acadiana men reunite with doctors who saved their lives after minimally invasive heart surgery

Both Gary LeGros, 70, a Jeanerette city judge, and Paul Herman Toups, an 84-year-old retired small-business owner, underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR, a minimally invasive ...