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The Texas Heart Institute welcomed Dr. Jeffrey W. Olin, Professor of Medicine and Director of Vascular Medicine and the Vascular Diagnostic...

A recent article published by surgeons at The Texas Heart Institute and Baylor College Medicine details a complex procedure for...

The aorta is the artery that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body. An aneurysm in...

This is a relatively straightforward situation. At 4.3cm for the ascending aorta – this is below what we would define...

The interatrial septum is the thin wall that separates the upper atrial cavities of heart. When it appears elongated and...

Two major advances in medicine made heart surgery possible: The heart-lung machine, which takes over the work of the heart. Body cooling techniques, which allow more time for surgery without causing brain damage.

Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is usually caused by fatty deposits (plaque) laid down in the artery walls. The deposits are...