Mitral valve. Located between the left atrium and the left ventricle. Aortic valve. Located between the left ventricle and the aorta. As the heart muscle contracts and relaxes, the valves open and ...

Marfan syndrome affects the cardiovascular system by making the aorta (an artery that begins at the heart and is the largest in the human body) wider and more fragile. This can lead to leakage of the ...

Objectives To describe medical management in aortic dissection (AD) and to analyse the possible associations between antihypertensive, antithrombotic, anticoagulant and statin agents, respectively, ...

2 Center for Molecular and Human Genetics, Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA 3 The Heart Center and Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, Research ...

First-in-class approach enables the generation of transgene-free hematopoietic stem cells through mechanosensitive PIEZO1 ...

Objective Pregnancy in women with aortic coarctation (CoA) has an estimated moderately increased risk (mWHO II–III) of adverse cardiovascular, obstetric or fetal events, but prospective data to ...

Classical textbooks and recent publications about the anatomy of the dorsal cutaneous branch of the ulnar nerve are revisited and correlated with methods of measurement of its conduction velocity, in ...

The term artery encompasses vessels exposed to pulsatile BP, ranging from the aorta (3 cm diameter) down to precapillary arterioles (50 micrometers). Speaking of arteries without reference to size can ...

Here, we aim to examine the indications for surgical intervention on the dilated aorta, particularly the ascending segment. Studies of the natural history of ascending aortic aneurysms indicate ...

To assess whether comparison of arm and leg BP in neonates is reproducible enough to allow the difference to raise suspicion of coarctation of the aorta. Methods: Infants recruited from the postnatal ...