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

Treatment is emergent coronary bypass surgery. Carotid artery dissection: When the carotid artery is involved in the ascending aortic dissection, symptoms of carotid artery dissection may occur ...

Thoracic aortic dissection occurs when the intima of the ... Calcium channel blockers and nitrates can also be helpful. Surgical treatment is indicated if the dissection causes end-organ ischemia ...

clammy and sweaty Fainting and shortness of breath If you experience any of these symptoms you should phone 999 immediately as aortic dissection is a medical emergency and needs urgent treatment.

Treatment decisions often depend on where ... This is why it's important for anyone who has had an aortic dissection or an aortic aneurysm (an enlargement or ballooning of the aorta that can ...

In this randomized clinical trial, the use of ketorolac in patients with Acute Type A Aortic Dissection (aTAAD), was not ...

A CT provides valuable information about your aorta, such as the location and size of an aneurysm or dissection. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), is another ...

Hiren Parekh, a Yale junior and Saxony Lutheran alum, presented research on gender disparities in Type A aortic dissection at ...

This common misdiagnosis can be fatal, as treatments for a heart attack differ significantly from those required for an aortic dissection. Without immediate surgery, survival chances decline by 1 ...

Aortic dissection most commonly causes severe pain from the chest to upper back, and often occurs at midnight or early morning, so people with the “three highs” — high blood pressure, high blood ...