The lumbar region is located between the thoracic (chest) region of the spine and the sacrum ... Your lumbar spine also contains blood vessels, which branch from the large abdominal aorta. These blood ...

Despite guideline recommendations, the use of bioprosthetic heart valves has surpassed mechanical valves, but data from a large surgical database may lead to a reassessment of that practice.

Spinal cord injury (SCI) remains the most serious complication of repairing descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms, with endovascular ...

The Medicare data contradict results from the TCW randomized trial but better represent real-world practice, say authors.

Middle-aged adults who need an aortic valve replacement fare better with mechanical devices than with the valves made from animal tissues that they currently most often receive, U.S. researchers ...

HEMASHIELD PLATINUM Woven Double Velour Grafts are collagen-impregnated and come in straight, one-branch, or multi-branch graft configurations for aortic repair. Trusted for more than 20 years ...

Sandilands said doctors had found the other aneurysm in his aorta and he was at a 25 per cent risk of having a heart attack. He said he would need another operation to alleviate calcium build-up ...

Patients aged between 50 to 70 years with a mechanical heart valve replacement had better long-term survival compared to those with a biological valve, new research led by the University of Bristol ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Radio host Kyle Sandilands has told listeners of the KIIS FM breakfast show, which he co-hosts with Jackie O Henderson, that he has ...

Kyle Sandilands has revealed the list of very specific things he can no longer do after being diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. The radio star, 53, told his co-host Jackie O Henderson the doctor ...

Anatomy is the field of biology that studies the structure of living things. Anatomy focuses on the composition, structure and location of the parts of organisms tissues, organs and systems ...