A “fit and healthy” woman, Marie Anne August, experienced a “ripping” and bubbling” feeling in her chest. The 45-year-old was ...

Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MD The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body, carrying oxygen-rich blood from ...

The fatal complication of an ascending aortic aneurysm is rupture and/or aortic dissection ... and only minimal portions of the descending thoracic aorta. Transesophageal echocardiography is ...

most people who experience a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm do not survive. Of those who make it to the hospital alive, 50 percent do not survive the repair. Among patients with a thoracic ...

Patients that experience sudden symptoms such as chest or back pain, characterized as a tearing sensation, nausea, vomiting, a fast heart beat and possibly the feeling of impending doom, may be ...

This is further classified as IIIa which is confined to the thoracic aorta and IIIb which extends to the abdominal aorta. When the intima becomes compromised, a tear can occur leading to ...

Patients that experience sudden symptoms such as chest pain, characterized as a tearing sensation, or back pain, nausea, vomiting, a fast heart beat and possibly the feeling of impending doom, may be ...

The Mayo Clinic defines it as a tear in the inner layer ... age and different presenting symptoms. Aortic Dissection Symptoms: Cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon, Dr. Sanjay Samy, with Albany ...