Healthy arteries have smooth inner walls and blood flows through them easily ... The first symptom, chest pain, is also called angina. It may result from reduced blood flow to the heart.

Because arteries are moving blood being pumped out by the heart, the walls of arteries are thicker and more elastic than those of veins. This is because the blood in the arteries passes through ...

thereby increasing the risk that the artery walls will weaken and bulge. Inflammatory conditions that may increase the risk of thoracic aortic aneurysms include giant cell arteritis and Takayasu ...

The lead author, Royal Melbourne Hospital cardiothoracic surgeon Dr Alistair Royse, said surgeons could use arteries from the chest wall or forearm or leg veins, or a combination of both ...

A team of McMaster researchers has discovered that fat tissue surrounding thoracic arteries may be beneficial in patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery. A study led by Yu-Jing Gao ...

Similarly, thoracic aneurysms can affect nearby nerves ... Blood pressure can more easily distend a weakened arterial wall. Further research is necessary to confirm why an artery wall weakens ...

A team of McMaster researchers has discovered that fat tissue surrounding thoracic arteries may be beneficial in patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery. A team of McMaster researchers has ...