Sen. Lindsey Graham’s cause of death Saturday evening was an aortic dissection, according to a Washington, D.C., medical examiner, following the South Carolina Republican’s office saying he died ...

An aortic dissection—a tear in the inner layer of the main artery—is a life-threatening emergency. It can happen with little warning, as apparently was the case with U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham. His ...

Aortic dissection is an often fatal but treatable heart condition, and a surgeon with Jefferson Health hopes more people can act if they know what to look out for. The sudden death Saturday of Sen.

An aortic dissection, Sen. Lindsey Graham’s preliminary cause of death, is one of the most severe emergencies in medicine. It’s a sudden tear in the wall of the aorta, the main artery carrying blood ...

After Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) died suddenly on Saturday night at age 71, the preliminary report from the D.C. medical examiner’s office found the senator suffered an aortic dissection — ...

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Longtime Republican Senator Lindsey Graham died after a “brief and sudden illness” on Jul. 11 at the age of 71. According to Graham’s communications director, Taylor Reidy, preliminary findings from ...

The aortic tear that likely caused the sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham is a medical emergency that can rapidly kill. The aorta is our largest artery, like a highway that arches up from the heart ...

When someone experiences an aortic dissection — like U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham apparently did Saturday night — they’re dealing with a “time bomb,” according to Dr. Donald Yealy. And that time bomb ...

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