When you feel sudden severe chest or upper back pain, it's easy to assume what's happening is a heart attack. It could be, but it could also be an aortic dissection -- a condition that can be severe ...

Aortic dissection is a life-threatening medical condition in which a tear occurs in the major artery (aorta) that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body. Recent data shows that about ...

The aorta is the main artery of the human body. Its large structure is key to maintaining the vital function of pumping oxygenated blood around the whole body. Aortic ...

For women with Marfan syndrome (MFS), pregnancy is associated with a higher risk of aortic dissection during the peripartum period, according to new data, but the risk can be mitigated with careful ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Aortic dissections are classified by severity: The most severe usually call for immediate surgery, and the least ...

A Vizag hospital successfully performs a pioneering hybrid procedure for chronic Type B Aortic Dissection, marking a regional medical milestone.

NEW ORLEANS -- For older patients with acute dissections affecting the ascending aorta, a more extensive arch reconstruction surgery was not necessarily better, according to nationwide data. Between ...

Though aortic dissections—in which the inner layer of the body’s central blood vessel tears—are rare, affecting around three out of every 100,000 people per year, they carry a disproportionately high ...

When the neck pain began, Amani Odom placed a warm compress on it to soothe her muscles. Soon a jolt of pain “shot straight to (her) chest.” “I immediately shot out of bed and was gasping for air and ...

BACKGROUND: There is limited evidence of the relationship between aortic and iliac calcification and aortic events (aortic dissection or aneurysm rupture) and major adverse limb events (MALEs; ...

People who have undergone bariatric surgery appear less likely to suffer an aortic dissection than other adults with obesity, researchers say. The finding is the latest in a series of benefits ...

A research team in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China has developed a novel diagnostic technique that ...