American Association for Thoracic Surgery

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), along with its philanthropic arm, the AATS Foundation, has sought to advance the field of cardiothoracic surgery. It is an international organization whose members have a proven record of distinction within the specialty and have made significant contributions to the care and treatment of cardiothoracic disease throughout the world. The mission of the AATS is to promote scholarship, innovation, and leadership for thoracic and cardiovascular surgery.

American Heart Association

Founded in 1924, today the American Heart Association is the largest voluntary health organization fighting cardiovascular diseases and stroke.

Aortic Dissection Awareness

Aortic Dissection: The Patient Guide

This provides all of the information that you, your family and carers need to know after experiencing an aortic dissection, provided by our Partners Aortic Dissection Awareness UK & Ireland

Aortic Hope

Aortic Hope (501c3 Charity) serves a community of patients, survivors, and caregivers living with an aortic disease. The organization's goals are to Spread Hope, Create Awareness, and Provide Support during the recovery and management of aortic disease.

Food and Drug Administration

or more than 100 years, the FDA has been working to carry out our mission of promoting and protecting public health, and that means your health.

Mayo Clinic

MayoClinic.com is the latest chapter in a long and successful consumer health publishing history of the Mayo Clinic. This presence on the Web is a natural extension of Mayo’s longstanding commitment to provide health education to patients and the general public.

Society for Vascular Surgery

The Society for Vascular Surgery® (SVS) is a not-for-profit professional medical society, seeking to advance excellence and innovation in vascular health through education, advocacy, research and public awareness. SVS is the national advocate for more than 5,800 specialty-trained vascular surgeons and other professionals dedicated to the prevention and cure of vascular disease.

Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Founded in 1964, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons is a not-for-profit organization representing more than 7,600 surgeons, researchers, and allied health care professionals worldwide who are dedicated to ensuring the best possible outcomes for surgeries of the heart, lungs, and esophagus, as well as other surgical procedures within the chest. Its mission is to advance cardiothoracic surgeons’ delivery of the highest quality patient care through collaboration, education, research, and advocacy and to improve the lives of patients with cardiothoracic diseases.

The Marfan Foundation

The Marfan Foundation is a nonprofit organization that saves and improves lives while creating a community for all individuals with genetic aortic and vascular conditions, including Marfan, Loeys-Dietz, and Vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndromes.

US Department of Health and Human Services

HHS helps families and individuals stay safe and informed about food, drugs, medical devices, and more. Information is available about medical device safety for consumers, healthcare providers and regulated industry, including device recalls.

US National Library of Medicine

The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world’s largest medical library. The Library collects materials in all areas of biomedicine and health care, as well as works on biomedical aspects of technology, the humanities, and the physical, life, and social sciences.