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

A CT scan 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 ...

The ascending aorta forms the beginning or handle of the cane and originates at the aortic valve. The ascending aorta includes the aortic root and sinuses of Valsalva where the blood supply to your ...

Acute aortic regurgitation can cause acute heart failure ... Treatment is emergent coronary bypass surgery. Carotid artery dissection: When the carotid artery is involved in the ascending aortic ...

Thoracic aortic dissection occurs when the intima of the aorta becomes compromised and “tears” or “dissects” a new layer that fills with blood between the intima and the media. This ...

the team was prepared for open heart surgery in case of any complication. Simultaneously, the team secured and treated aortic dissection with the help of minimal access endovascular aortic repair.

He suffered an aortic dissection, a tear in his heart that needed immediate open-heart surgery. Grant grew up in Skyway, graduated from Renton High School and Washington State University.

A revolutionary new medical procedure gaining traction in the UAE allows patients to bypass the need for traditional heart surgery and be discharged the same day. The transcatheter aortic valve ...

Potential harms include the need for conversion to an open procedure, perioperative death, MI, stroke, bleeding, valve embolization, aortic regurgitation, heart block that requires a permanent ...