What Is an Aortic Dissection? An aortic dissection is an emergency with your aorta, which is the largest blood vessel in your body and the main artery that takes blood from your heart to the rest ...

the best prevention and management of complications is obtained with expert operators in high-volume centers. Type A aortic dissection complicating an attempt of chronic total occlusion ...

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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.

constitutes 1% to 5% of acute type A aortic dissection cases. IAD is found in approximately 0.01% of patients during diagnostic coronary angiography, 0.19% of patients with acute myocardial infarction ...

If you have a large or leaking aneurysm, you may need to undergo treatment to help prevent them from expanding and weakening an artery wall (causing an aortic dissection or rupture), or to prevent ...

Ritter's official cause of death was an undetected aortic dissection, when the body's main artery, aka the aorta, tears. However, doctors initially thought the actor was experiencing a heart attack.

Adam Taylor is affiliated with the Anatomical Society. It was revealed this week that Depeche Mode keyboardist Andrew “Fletch” Fletcher, died in May from an aortic dissection. Aortic ...