I had no symptoms and thousands of people die every year with the condition I now have as it goes undirected until it is too late. Luckily for me, although I had severe pain, I didn’t have a full ...

Spinal cord injury (SCI) remains the most serious complication of repairing descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms, with endovascular ...

Patients aged between 50 to 70 years with a mechanical heart valve replacement had better long-term survival compared to ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access information on a device and to provide personalised ads and content, ad and ...

Despite guideline recommendations, the use of bioprosthetic heart valves has surpassed mechanical valves, but data from a ...

The Cardiac Surgery Department of the Republican Clinical Medical Centre of Belarus’ President Administration is actively implementing ...

The Medicare data contradict results from the TCW randomized trial but better represent real-world practice, say authors.

If you have heart valve replacement surgery, you will be prescribed a blood thinner (a.k.a. an anticoagulant) upon discharge from the hospital. Long-term blood thinner medication guidelines differ ...

Yuda Liu, MD, cardiothoracic surgeon, has joined Hamilton Physician Group – Cardiothoracic Surgery.

Background Blunt thoracic aortic injury (BTAI) is an uncommon diagnosis, usually developing as a consequence of high-impact acceleration–deceleration mechanisms. Timely diagnosis may enable early ...

The lengthening of the thoracic aorta was accompanied by a marked change of its geometry: whereas the aortic apex was located between the branch vessels in younger patients, it shifted to a more ...

PCI plus transcatheter aortic valve replacement in Medicare beneficiaries, a speaker reported. This study using real-word data was presented at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons annual meeting and ...