Once implanted, the scaffold degrades and a new blood vessel is formed. Children in particular could benefit from ...

Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MD The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body, carrying oxygen-rich blood from the heart to every organ and tissue. It begins at the left ventricle, ...

All blood vessels are specifically structured to perform their function. For example, a capillary is microscopically thin to allow gases to exchange, the arteries are tough and flexible to cope ...

The study, published Feb. 25 in Nature Communications, challenges the conventional belief that a type of fat called ceramides accumulates in blood vessels ... that affect the heart (cardiovascular ...

"All these new tests examine function and anatomy beautifully ... images -- yielding highly detailed images of blood vessels and the heart. Just a few years ago, the diagnosis would have involved ...

All blood vessels are specifically structured to perform their function. For example, a capillary is microscopically thin to allow gases to exchange, the arteries are tough and flexible to cope ...