The Guam Memorial Hospital Authority said its acquisition of its first-ever intra-aortic balloon pump is a significant advancement that will transform cardiac care on the island. The state-of-the ...

Inclusion criteria were age ≥18, with aortic valve disease or ascending aortic dilation without coronary disease. Exclusion criteria were other planned concomitant valve surgery, connective tissue ...

“Native to high-altitude regions of the Andes, maca root varies in color—ranging from red and black to pink and yellow,” she adds. “Maca is frequently referred to as a ‘gateway adaptogen ...

In this study we incorporated different types of aortic root motion into fluid-structure interaction (FSI) models representing an ATAA and a healthy aorta to examine their impacts on wall stress and ...

Medtronic has issued a recall for several aortic root cannula devices due to a potential safety risk that could cause loose material to dislodge during use, potentially leading to stroke or death.

Re-dilation of the space between the native leaflets and the ... Other possible causes are compression by aortic root hematoma, endothelialization of the prosthetic valve, thrombosis of the leaflets, ...

The following is a summary of “A new guiding strategy for treating the free margin of the leaflet in an aortic root remodelling procedure,” published in the March 2025 issue of the Journal of ...

The Food and Drug Administration has identified a Class I recall of Medtronic Aortic Root Cannulas due to a risk of unexpected loose material in the male luer used in the cannula. The loose material ...