The Department of Surgery at Stony Brook University’s Renaissance School of Medicine hosted its inaugural Aortic Dissection ...

iPhone-based ultrasound detected aortic dissection within minutes, enabling life-saving surgery The patient, with a genetic predisposition, survived despite complications Mobile medical technology is ...

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 ...

A breakthrough in medical technology played a crucial role in saving the life of hospital analyst Sara Adair, who suffered a sudden and life-threatening aortic dissection. The device in question was ...

What Is an AAA Screening Ultrasound? An AAA screening (or abdominal aortic aneurysm screening) is an ultrasound that looks at the main blood vessels in the abdomen. This imaging study allows your ...

An emergency medical team was dispatched for a 54-year-old man experiencing slurred speech and upper limb weakness. Upon arrival, the patient was conscious (Glasgow Coma Scale of 15). He reported ...

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 of ...

In patients with ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) and no other organ-system abnormalities, the absolute risk of aortic dissection is low but increases with larger aortic sizes, according to ...

An aortic aneurysm is defined as a permanent dilation of the aortic diameter of more than 50% of its original size due to structural weakening of the aortic wall. It may occur in either the thoracic ...

Aortic aneurysms and dissections are silent killers often mistaken for heart attacks. Early screening and awareness can ...