Acute aortic dissection demands urgent diagnosis and surgical treatment for patient survival. Observed on September 19th, Aortic Dissection Awareness Day emphasizes the need for awareness about this ...

Thirty percent of acute type A aortic dissections present with neurologic symptoms, but seizures are uncommon. The combination of hypotension with neurologic deficits should trigger physicians to ...

The belief among medical professionals in the 1950s that the mortality rate for type A acute aortic dissection during the initial 24 hours was one to two percent per hour appears to hold true in the ...

The authors performed a retrospective observational study comparing patients with AAD presenting with chest pain versus those presenting without chest pain. The study was conducted at a tertiary and ...

It often starts with sudden, sharp chest pain that feels unlike anything you have experienced before. It might spread to your back or seem to ease off, but it’s not something to brush aside. Aortic ...

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; ...

An aortic aneurysm occurs when a weak aortic wall stretches, causing it to bulge. An aortic dissection occurs when there’s a tear in the aortic wall, which can be fatal if not treated immediately. The ...

An acute aortic syndrome occurs when the main blood vessel from the heart (the aorta) develops damage that can lead to life threatening bleeding or blockage. It is diagnosed with a specialised scan ...