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

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

A regular gym-goer felt a ripping in her chest post a workout session, which resulted in severe pain, and was thereafter ...

Panicked, she returned to the hospital where she was eventually diagnosed with aortic dissection. This is a life-threatening condition where a tear in the aorta (the body's main artery ...

BACKGROUND: Despite reported racial disparities between Black and White adults in short-term outcomes after abdominal aortic ...

Cervical artery dissection is a tear in an artery in the neck that provides blood flow to the brain. Such a tear can result in blood clots that cause stroke. A new study has found almost a five-fold ...

In this randomized clinical trial, the use of ketorolac in patients with Acute Type A Aortic Dissection (aTAAD), was not associated with a significant difference in efficacy or safety. However, it was ...

BACKGROUND: Real-world low-risk transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) outcomes in the United States have not been assessed comprehensively versus pivotal trials, which is a key component of ...

Patients with narrowing of at least 50% in three major coronary arteries did equally well when treated with a minimally invasive stent placement guided either by ultrasound-based imaging or by a ...

Background Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death during pregnancy with thoracic aortic dissection being one of the main causes. Thoracic aortic disease is commonly related to hereditary ...