Surgical treatment of Stanford type A aortic dissection has favorable functional outcomes ... An observational design was used conforming to the STROBE (Strengthening the Reporting of Observational ...

The UK’s first aortic specialist nurse has been chosen to lead a new virtual consultation service for aortic dissection patients launched by a national charity. Emma Hope, who retired from the NHS ...

Background: Acute aortic dissection is a potentially fatal cardiovascular disorder associated with high mortality. However, current predictive models show a limited ability to efficiently and flexibly ...

Clinically, dissections are often categorized by anatomical location. This localization predicates the medical specialty best-relating to the dissection – aortic and coronary artery dissections, which ...

Part II of this two-part article investigates the hypothesis that excessive elongation could play a role in the occurrence of acute aortic dissection. Contributors All listed author contributed in the ...

Background Blunt thoracic aortic injury (BTAI) is an uncommon diagnosis, usually developing as a consequence of high-impact acceleration–deceleration mechanisms. Timely diagnosis may enable early ...

The aim of this study was to analyse time trends of incidence of intact abdominal aortic aneurysm (iAAA) and ruptured AAA (rAAA), respectively, and to investigate whether SEP had any influence on the ...

To identify the triggers and optimal timing for aortic valve intervention in MAVD. In a nationwide epidemiology study conducted in Sweden,8 the overall incidence rate of multiple valve disease was 6.4 ...

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Epidemiology is a field of medicine that studies the incidence, causes and effects of diseases in populations, and patterns within these. It has a key role in protecting public health and can ...