News tagged with bicuspid aortic
People with common heart defect also more likely to have brain aneurysms
A new study shows that people with a common heart defect may also be more likely to have brain aneurysms. The study is published in the May 4, 2010, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neu ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 03, 2010 |
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A ruptured aorta needn't be a death sentence, survivors say
John Ritter was working in a Burbank studio on the set of his TV sitcom. Aaron Roberts was cooling his heels in a hotel room outside of Chicago after a business meeting. Exactly four years separated the days when two very ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 08, 2011 |
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Hepling the heart with math
The science of cardiovascular mathematics dates at least to the 1700s, when the pioneering Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler developed a model for fluid dynamics while studying blood flow in arteries.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 15, 2010 |
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New guidelines aim to prevent unnecessary death from thoracic aortic disease
When actor John Ritter died suddenly in 2003 from a tear in his thoracic aorta—the large artery that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body—that tragedy brought attention to a rare but deadly condition that ...
Mar 16, 2010 |
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New heart valve replacement technologies offer hope for high-risk patients
A significant number of people with heart disease will benefit from less invasive transcatheter heart valve replacements in future, finds a review of updated practices in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Mar 08, 2010 |
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Adults with aortic valve disorder do not experience reduction in survival rate
Young adults with a bicuspid aortic valve, a congenital heart abnormality, experience subsequent cardiac events but do not appear to have lower survival rates compared to the general population, according to a study in the ...
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Sep 16, 2008 |
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