A routine heart screening at a Sanford Health facility in Bemidji, Minn., identified a life-threatening ascending aortic aneurysm in Todd Moudry, 53, prompting urgent open-heart surgery.  The ...

The proximal ascending aorta and coronary arteries were defined as the pressure outlets (the systolic pressure is applied). For the numerical simulations, the aortic root complex and vessel walls were ...

BACKGROUND: Thoracic (TAA) and abdominal (AAA) aortic aneurysm are life-threatening diseases characterized by dilation, inflammation, and structural weakness; development of pharmacological therapies ...