Roger Black has spoken about the heart surgery he underwent in January and the fear he felt before going under the knife ...

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

Two-time Olympic silver-medallist Roger Black feared he would not wake up after he had open heart surgery in January. Black, ...

The ascending aorta includes the aortic root and sinuses of Valsalva where the blood supply ... in your chest and through the breastbone. In order to perform surgery on your aorta, it is necessary to ...

Patients with symptomatic severe aortic stenosis undergoing CoreValve or Evolut TAVI have better 5-year bioprosthetic valve ...

Residents and practicing surgeons who have completed their cardiothoracic surgery training (or equivalent ... descending aorta and thoracoabdominal aorta as well as aortic root and aortic valve repair ...

"Three weeks ago I had open heart surgery to replace my aortic valve and repair my aortic root," Black said on Instagram. "My 'incompetent' bicuspid aortic valve was discovered when I was 11 years ...

Without surgery, mortality rates within 2 weeks approach ... Aortic regurgitation: Acute aortic regurgitation can result from dilation of the aortic root. This may cause acute left heart failure ...

Mild poststenotic dilatation and increased left atrium/aortic root transverse ratio is noted. Blood flow velocity in the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) of the same patient (Figure 3 ...

and patients can also receive a surgical treatment called aortic root replacement to prevent tears in the aorta. Almost all Loeys-Dietz patients will need surgery on their aorta: It's just a ...

Olympic 400m silver medallist and two-time 400m relay world champion Roger Black reveals he had open heart surgery three weeks ago.