As the aortic wall weakens, there is a risk of the wall tearing or dissecting. Individuals with ascending or aortic arch aneurysms usually do not have symptoms. Ascending and aortic arch aneurysms are ...

Earlie Smith experienced an aortic dissection. Months later, her brother, Larry Smith, also had one. The same doctor helped ...

IN 1944 Schnitker et al. 1 reported a case in which a dissecting aortic aneurysm developed on the twelfth post-partum day. They collected 23 cases of this complication in association with pregnancy.

Further studies are needed to determine whether prophylactic stent graft placement will improve outcomes in a selected subset of patients with uncomplicated descending aortic dissection.

This is an emergency, Conner said. About 50% of people who have an aortic dissection die at home. Of the other 50% who make ...

The onset of symptoms in aortic dissection are usually sudden without warning. While pain of an ascending aortic dissection frequently is in the center of the chest radiating to the mid upper ...

The findings contradict a 2018 Food and Drug Administration warning that fluoroquinolone use could increase the risk of ...

There are no specific symptoms related to an ascending ... The fatal complication of an ascending aortic aneurysm is rupture and/or aortic dissection. The diagnosis of an ascending aortic aneurysm ...

As a result, the aortic wall may tear (aortic dissection ... Known as abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), most grow very ...

As the aortic wall weakens, there is a risk of the wall tearing or dissecting. Individuals with descending thoracic or abdominal aortic aneurysms usually do not have symptoms. Aneurysms are commonly ...

IN 1944 Schnitker et al. 1 reported a case in which a dissecting aortic aneurysm developed on the twelfth post-partum day. They collected 23 cases of this complication in association with pregnancy.