To survive her congenital heart disease (CHD) condition, Valentine underwent her first open-heart surgery —called a Fontan ...

Floating rib injuries are caused, in part, by a vulnerability in human anatomy. The rib cage ... Its job is to protect the heart and lungs, which are among the body's most vital organs. Slipping Rib ...

There are more than 100,000 people on organ transplant lists in the U.S., some of whom will wait years to receive one—and ...

Recently, to my surprise, I came down with bladder cancer. I am a healthy 66-year-old man who is 5 feet, 11 inches tall, 215 ...

Trusted for more than 20 years, HEMASHIELD grafts are the most used, most studied vascular products available in the market today. More than 2 million HEMASHIELD grafts have been implanted ...

Several Eph receptors and ephrins promote angiogenesis by mediating communication of vascular cells with other vascular cells as well as tumour cells. The interactions with tumour cells may occur ...

In the present study, lung injury was defined as the new appearance of pulmonary abnormalities in multidetector computed tomography scans after BPA. The results of this study demonstrate that vascular ...