The new partner at the law firm where Zach Williams works heard him talking about what happened to his wife. Amber Williams ...

During multiple tours in Afghanistan, Jeff Pharris conducted countless combat patrols and narrowly survived two bomb blasts.

It always was, until about nine months earlier, when a CT scan showed her aorta to be slightly enlarged. A cardiologist investigated further and said surgery wasn't necessary unless it became more ...

On Nov. 3, he posted an entry in his online blog describing his condition. Upon arriving at the hospital, Dennett underwent a CT scan which found he had "a dissection of the aorta," he wrote on the ...

Vascular. 2010;18(1):41-44. As a consequence of the widespread availability of advanced diagnostic tests, thoracic aorta thrombi will continue to be diagnosed with increased frequency ...

The moment Kirsten Dorsey realized she would deliver her second child and have open-heart surgery on the same day, her heart ...

Your aorta is the largest artery in your body. It carries oxygen-rich blood from your heart to your brain, spinal cord, intestines, liver, stomach, kidneys, arms, and legs. Aortic diseases are ...

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