Learning that your baby has coarctation (pronounced ko-ahrk-TAY-shun) of the aorta can be a scary time for any parent, and you likely have many questions about what this means for your baby and their ...

Sometimes the aorta—the largest blood vessel in our bodies—can tear, allowing blood to flow between layers of the aortic wall. This dissection can block blood from flowing to other parts of the body, ...

The aorta originates from the left ventricle of the heart. It ends in the abdomen where it branches into the two common iliac arteries. The aorta has five separate segments. The descending aorta ...

Thoracic aneurysm open surgery is a treatment for a thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA), a bulge in your aorta. The aorta, your body’s largest blood vessel, begins at your heart and extends into your ...

Interrupted aortic arch (IAA) is an extremely serious condition of the heart in which the development of the aortic arch is disrupted. The arch of the aorta is the segment which connects the ascending ...

Gerard Houllier has suffered one of the nastiest heart problems imaginable. Dissection of the aorta, the condition that struck him down during the half-time interval of the match against Leeds at ...