Nature is full of fascinating survival strategies — and some are particularly drastic. While female praying mantises often eat their partners after mating, male blue-striped octopuses have developed a ...

Sara Adair knew she was at risk for a life-threatening aortic dissection after her father and sister experienced the same ...

In patients with acute type A aortic dissection, receiving surgical repair at a high-volume aortic center is associated with improved survival.

Scientists observed male blue-lined octopuses injecting tetrodotoxin into females, which rendered them immobile for mating ...

Male blue-lined octopi (Hapalochlaena fasciata) have been found to use venom on their sexual partners, as well as for the ...

Sex differences in the risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes of patients with cardiovascular disease have been ...

The disparities between men and women in prevalence, risk factors and symptoms of peripheral vascular disease (PVD) have a ...

Roger Black was told two things when his cardiologist sat him down with the news that he must prepare for open heart surgery.

The phase II data are promising for patients who are managed with watchful waiting before being offered an intervention.

Seven patients who had traumatic ruptures of the thoracic aorta are reported. Four of these died within a few hours of admission, allowing no opportunity for diagnosis or treatment. However, three ...