"When aortic dissection is confused with heart disease ... Aortic disease kills more than 15,000 people every year in the United States. Here's what you need to know about this deadly ailment ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Eventually, they realized Earlie Smith experienced aortic dissection, a tear in the innermost layer of the aorta, which can be a life-threatening event. Doctors transferred her to the Ohio State ...

"That's when I knew something was wrong." It was an aortic dissection, a serious condition that tears a layer of the heart's main artery. O'Neal gave birth by C-section that day, right before ...

Aortic Dissection Awareness UK and Ireland founding chair Gareth Owens added: “Since Emma demonstrated the value for Southampton patients, having an aortic specialist nurse service has become for us ...

Researchers have found in a new study that fluoroquinolones (FQs), widely used for urinary tract infections (UTIs), are not ...