As the aortic wall weakens, there is a risk of the wall tearing or dissecting. Individuals with ascending or aortic arch aneurysms usually do not have symptoms. Ascending and aortic arch aneurysms are ...

This is why it's important for anyone who has had an aortic dissection or an aortic aneurysm (an enlargement or ballooning of the aorta that can lead to a dissection) to tell their first-degree ...

Sara Adair knew she was at risk for a life-threatening aortic dissection after her father and sister experienced the same ...

A scientific statement regarding sex differences in patients with peripheral vascular disease has been published by the AHA.

Aortic dissections and aneurysms remain clinically challenging entities. Over the past several years, concepts in the management of thoracic aortic disease have slowly evolved and incrementally ...

"Aortic dissection is still very much a lethal health ... Better screening for aneurysms in the aorta, which are involved in a large percentage of dissections, could also help nip more dissections ...

Dissection or rupture was considered before ... A case of sudden complete thrombosis of an abdominal aortic aneurysm occurring forty-eight hours after laparotomy and cholecystectomy for acute ...

The fatal complication of an ascending aortic aneurysm is rupture and/or aortic dissection. The diagnosis of an ascending aortic aneurysm is best made on CT angiography or MR angiography.

Thoracic aortic dissection occurs when the intima of the aorta becomes compromised and “tears” or “dissects” a new layer that fills with blood between the intima and the media. This ...

Bob Lowth Ford General Manager Todd Moudry had long been in good health, so when he was diagnosed with an ascending aortic ...

As the aortic wall weakens, there is a risk of the wall tearing or dissecting. Individuals with descending thoracic or abdominal aortic aneurysms usually do not have symptoms. Aneurysms are commonly ...