aortic
Americanadjective
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Edwards Lifesciences EW -0.65%decrease; down pointing triangle narrowed its full-year sales guidance after recording double-digit growth in the latest quarter, boosted by growth in its transcatheter aortic valve replacement division.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement sales, which make up the bulk of the company’s top line, rose 11%, to $1.26 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
The sister of US Senator Lindsey Graham will serve as his temporary replacement after the South Carolina lawmaker died from an aortic tear on Saturday.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Graham’s office said the medical examiner in Washington, D.C., attributed the South Carolina Republican’s death to aortic dissection, due to coronary artery disease.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
Wacker and Hueck succeeded in producing aortic disease in rabbits which they considered to be in many points quite like human arteriosclerosis.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Louis Marshall Warfield
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