Article: TYPE OF HEART SURGERY PERFORMED ON LUCILLE BALL CALLED RISKY

Article: Severe Physical and Emotional Stress May Cause Catastrophic Tear ...
M2 Presswire;  November 1, 2007 ;     645 words ... ... damage to the inner wall of the aorta is known as an aortic dissection ... push on other branches of the aorta, constricting their blood flow ... storm windows, playing racquet ball, doing push ups, or engaging ... stressful business trip. "The aorta degenerates over time and becomes ...

Article: Close call gives Eberly new perspective on life; Recovering from ...
Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA;  June 12, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... geneticist, he suffered a torn aorta while refereeing a girls ... remembers "watching the ball ... . I saw (Hempfield coach ... discovered the tear in his aorta. "This is roughly 7 o'clock ... up, he learned later, the aorta "jus

Article: Simulation of aorta artery aneurysms using active ...
American Journal of Applied Sciences;  April 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... defined as focal or diffuse dilatation of the aorta usually caused by arteriosclerosis. Most of aorta aneurysms are fusiform (concentric radial ... disorders and tried to exhibit the effects of aorta aneurysms on the cardiovascular system using ...

Article: Simultaneous stent grafting of the descending thoracic ...
Canadian Journal of Surgery;  October 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... lined with thrombus of the thoracoabdominal aorta, and is associated with an irregularly ... angiography and CT, known as the "shaggy aorta" syndrome.1,2 Case report A 65-year ... the descending thoracic and infrarenal aorta as well as in the iliac arteries, without ...

Article: Mechanisms of Traumatic Rupture of the Aorta and ...
Stapp Car Crash Journal;  November 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... mechanisms of traumatic rupture of the aorta (TRA). Eight unembalmed human cadavers ... mediastinum, and to measure deformation of the aorta. An axillary thoracotomy approach was ... region to place radiopaque markers on the aorta. The cadavers were inverted for testing ...

Article: Dynamic Biaxial Tissue Properties of the Human Cadaver ...
Stapp Car Crash Journal;  November 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... properties of planar aorta tissue at strain rates ... response of the whole aorta to longitudinal tension ... using twelve thoracic aortas harvested from human ... experiments on human cadaver aortas. Circular specimens were cut from the aorta wall and were marked ...

Article: Lahey surgeons replace entire aorta First such operation ...
The Boston Globe;  June 11, 1993 ;     700+ words ... ... replaced a patient's entire aorta -- the largest and most crucial ... risky to replace the delicate aorta all at once. As a result, patients with diseased aortas had to undergo two or more ... replace a dangerously enlarged aorta, and was reported yesterday ...