A Southwest Florida couple made a substantial donation to Lee Health Heart Institute after saving his life. Brian Seasholes ...

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

At age 3, Chris jumped off his bed pretending to be a wrestler, and broke his calf bone. He got a green cast, and Dana drew ...

mass at the bifurcation. The aorta was separated from its bed on the vertebral bodies and from the vena cava. To avoid injury to the lumbar arteries, the aorta was raised only enough to allow ...

The aorta is the main blood vessel that carries oxygen-filled blood from the heart to the rest of the body. It extends from the chest to the abdomen, where it branches (bifurcates) into the iliac ...

Peripheral Aneurysms and Artery Disorders: Some vascular diseases, like fibromuscular dysplasia, are much more common in ...

Debra Reals still remembers lying on a gurney with her father and sister at her side as trauma surgeons explained the ...

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) risk grows over time for patients with narrowing of the aorta, the body's biggest blood vessel, ...

When the valve becomes too narrow it limits blood flow through the heart and to the main artery (blood vessel) that supplies ...

The aorta, one of the "great arteries," carries blood away from the heart to support circulation throughout the body. However, sometimes a tear in the lining of the aorta can occur, and while this is ...