A groundbreaking hybrid cardiac surgery combining open bypass and minimally invasive techniques was successfully performed on ...

The aorta, the body's main artery, is being given a special honour of the medical world: recognition as an independent human organ. "This is a big step," says Martin Czerny from the Freiburg ...

Prof. Dr Martin Czerny, Medical Director of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at the Medical Center - University of Freiburg, is one of the most cited cardiovascular surgeons in the world.

A 29-year-old man underwent a rare life-saving hybrid cardiac surgery, combining open bypass with minimally invasive ...

The man was admitted in a critical condition with uncontrolled internal bleeding and was suffering from a ruptured thoracic ...

Your aorta is a tube-like structure that resembles a candy cane. The thoracoabdominal aorta starts after the curve of the cane and extends past the arteries that deliver blood to the stomach, ...

Music by Muzak was soft and low. Two Sleepy People and So Bears My Heart for You flowed over the operating room in Houston’s Methodist Hospital. But the patient on the table, His Royal Highness Prince ...

In a world-first, a team of researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, has ...

When an aneurysm occurs in the chest (above your diaphragm) it's called a thoracic aortic aneurysm. Thoracic aortic aneurysms are classified based on which part of the aorta is abnormal: While your ...

There are three types of bicuspid aortic valves — types 0, 1, and 2. Experts classify these types based on whether the leaflets of the valve have fused to form a ridge. A bicuspid aortic valve is a ...