showed vegetations on mitral and aortic valves. Blood culture showed Streptococcus mutans. This patient was deemed not to be a candidate for valve repair and discharged on Vancomycin for six weeks. 8 ...

A 54-year-old woman with refractory hypertension developed an 8 cm saccular aortic arch aneurysm, in a position similar to that described in case 1. The patient refused open chest surgery ...

Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are significant vascular ... such as computed tomography angiography (CTA). Recent studies have focused on developing automated methods for the detection and ...

Dorval Carter is out at the CTA. The transit agency president announced his retirement Monday in a CTA news release, after years in the hot seat as riders complained about unreliable service ...

CTA chief of staff Nora Leerhsen will become the acting president of the transit agency, taking over after Dorval Carter’s retirement at the end of January. Leerhsen, a high-level CTA official ...

Embattled CTA President Dorval Carter Jr. has announced his retirement from the agency, capping off a tenure full of huge projects and fierce criticism. Carter made the announcement Monday ...

A beveled aortic hemiarch replacement is a surgical procedure to repair an aortic aneurysm or aortic dissection in the ascending aorta and arch of the aorta. This procedure involves removing the ...

The exit of the 67-year-old comes as the CTA faces a funding crisis and amid calls for his resignation from numerous Chicago aldermen. But Carter had resisted that pressure, only just celebrating ...

Provided Share Chicago Transit Authority chief of staff Nora Leerhsen was named acting president of the agency Wednesday as CTA President Dorval Carter Jr. prepares to leave the post. Leerhsen ...

The transit systems, CTA, Metra and Pace, face a collective $771 million budget gap when federal COVID-19 relief funding runs out. During a City Club speech in September, Carter pushed back ...