Sara Adair knows the symptoms of aortic dissections. The hospital analyst's father and sister each experienced the dangerous cardiac condition, when the inner lining of the body's main artery tears ...
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 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 ...
Previously reported associations between fluoroquinolone use and risk for hospitalization with aortic aneurysm or dissection may be due to confounding, an observational study using two databases and ...
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 ...
Aortic dissection (AD) is a fatal disease resulting from the dysfunction of elastin contractile units, which are composed of extracellular matrix (ECM) and aortic smooth muscle cells (AoSMCs), and ...