This is an emergency, Conner said. About 50% of people who have an aortic dissection die at home. Of the other 50% who make ...

The foundation stresses that aortic dissection is a medical emergency. The risk of death rises by 1 percent every hour that diagnosis and surgical repair are delayed. The John Ritter Foundation ...

Respiratory failure can ensue and again, surgical repair/replacement is required urgently. Inferior myocardial infarction: When the ascending aortic dissection involves the ostium of the right ...

A CT provides valuable information about your aorta, such as the location and size of an aneurysm or dissection. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), is another ...

The Zenith TX2 TAA Endovascular stent graft is designed as a two-piece modular endograft system for thoracic aneurysm repair application ... in the setting of aortic dissection (see fig 9).

As a result, the aortic wall may tear (aortic dissection) or bulge outward (aortic ... or child with one have had surgery to ...

Operative experience is gained in the repair of aneurysms and dissection of the ascending aorta, arch, descending aorta and thoracoabdominal aorta as well as aortic root and aortic valve repair and ...

A significant risk of dissection following aortic-valve replacement (AVR ... terminates at or below the innominate artery, permitting repair under normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass conditions ...

Artivion, Inc. announced the presentation of clinical data from the PERSEVERE United States investigational device exemption (I ...

The fatal complication of an ascending aortic aneurysm is rupture and/or aortic dissection ... than 5.5 cm in normal individuals, surgical repair is recommended. If the aneurysm is > 5.0 cm ...