2011;9(12):1527-1538. Russell also observed in the specimens analyzed by his group that pulmonary dominance was found only when the aortic component of the trunk was hypoplastic, and an arterial ...

The right subclavian artery receives blood from the brachiocephalic trunk (the first branch to arise from the aortic arch). Branches off directly from the arch of the aorta (as it travels down to ...

Abdominal pain is considered chronic if it lasts for more than three months. The pain may be constant or it can come and go over the three-month period or longer. There are many health conditions, ...

An abdominal aortic aneurysm occurs when there is swelling in the aorta, which is the artery that carries blood from the heart to the abdomen. "On behalf of the men and women of 'Fast Talk,' kami'y ...

THE human aortic valve consists of three cusps made of relatively inelastic, muscle-free material about 0.15 mm thick. It opens and shuts about once a second, and withstands a pressure difference ...

She was diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis. This is a degenerative heart condition in which the valve between the heart and the main artery that carries blood to the rest of the body becomes ...