Exercise benefits the aorta by improving circulation and reducing risk factors like hypertension, but heavy lifting can be ...

Problems with your heart and coronary arteries occur slowly, so if you catch them quickly, you can often take steps to significantly improve your heart health (potentially avoiding the illness to ...

Zetia keeps your body from absorbing cholesterol in your diet, and it is generally safe and well-tolerated. So, it’s a good ...

Learn How the Heart Works. Your heart is an amazing organ. It continuously pumps oxygen and nutrient-rich blood throughout your body to sustain life. This fist-sized powerhouse beats (expands and ...

This forced the blood in the aorta not only up and down, but also back to the roots of the coronary arteries, thus increasing the oxygen supply to the heart muscle. Meanwhile the ventricle relaxed ...

ANEURYSMS of the coronary arteries are decidedly uncommon. They comprise congenital, mycoticembolic, syphilitic, polyarteritis-nodosa, arteriosclerotic and dissecting types. Of these, arteriosclero ...

ONE hundred and ninety saddle emboli at the aortic bifurcation have been reported to date. To these we are adding 3 cases, making a total of 193. Two of our 3 patients were treated by embolectomy, ...

Aortic aneurysms can develop slowly from atherosclerosis (the gradual hardening and narrowing of the arteries) or high blood pressure. Aneurysms can sometimes form more quickly.

Diseases of the aorta are lesser known to the general population than myocardial infarctions(MI) or heart attacks. Heart attacks or MIs occur due to interruption or narrowing of the arteries.

Papillary fibroelastoma of the aortic valve is rare and may not cause symptoms, but does require treatment. Here is an account of how the problem was detected and treated in a 75-year-old male.

This rare defect is where the two main arteries to the heart — the aorta and pulmonary artery — become fused together. The condition is normally a death sentence for infants without surgery.