Aortic dissection is a medical emergency that requires immediate treatment.

BOSTON, MA — In patients having a transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR), the presence of high-molecular-weight (HMW) von Willebrand factor multimer defects and a high score on a point-of-care ...

A simple "thumb palm test" may indicate whether someone has an ascending aortic aneurysm, or a potentially fatal ballooning of a large artery in the heart, researchers say, suggesting the test be ...

A team from the University's School of Medicine have devised a test that detects the presence of desmosine, an amino acid that diseased aortas release into the blood and urine. They believe this can ...