Aortic dissection is one of those rare, dangerous conditions that can strike without warning and escalate quickly. It is not something we often hear about, but knowing the signs could save a life.

Doctors at IPGMER successfully performed a rare stent grafting procedure on a 66-year-old aortic dissection patient. Due to a narrow femoral artery, the traditional groin access was not feasible ...

Aortic dissection is a life-threatening medical condition in which a tear occurs in the major artery (aorta) that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body. Recent data shows that about ...

In fact, for the past 2 decades, cardiac care has been transformed from a single cardiologist to complete “heart teams” that feature a multidisciplinary approach as the preferred way of managing ...

Dissections beginning in the aortic arch present a very difficult problem, so far as resection of the origin of the dissection is concerned; probably, a fenestration procedure, with bypass of the ...

An aortic aneurysm occurs when a weak aortic wall stretches, causing it to bulge. An aortic dissection happens when there's a tear in the aortic wall, which can be fatal.

That could matter to millions: The death rate for people who have an aortic dissection has been rising over the past decade, especially among women and Black adults, research published recently in ...

In patients with ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) and no other organ-system abnormalities, the absolute risk of aortic dissection is low but increases with larger aortic sizes, according to ...

An independent study found that 50% of patients with aortic dissection under the age of 40 had Marfan’s syndrome. Defects in the aortic wall are found in Ehlers-Danlos, Loeys–Dietz and Turner ...

Introduction Aortic aneurysms and aortic dissection that involve the aortic arch are associated with extremely high mortality and morbidity. Untreated patients with acute type A aortic dissection have ...

The indications for TEVAR were complicated dissection, a >10-mm increase in the aortic diameter per year, acute dissection with a maximal aortic diameter of >40 mm and a patent TL and FL, and subacute ...