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

Background: Acute aortic dissection is a potentially fatal cardiovascular disorder associated with high mortality. However, current predictive models show a limited ability to efficiently and flexibly ...

Clinically, dissections are often categorized by anatomical location. This localization predicates the medical specialty best-relating to the dissection – aortic and coronary artery dissections, which ...

Part II of this two-part article investigates the hypothesis that excessive elongation could play a role in the occurrence of acute aortic dissection. Contributors All listed author contributed in the ...

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Department of Cardiology, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia Correspondence to: Dr Angus Nightingale Department of Cardiology, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, ...

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If you have heart valve replacement surgery, you will be prescribed a blood thinner (a.k.a. an anticoagulant) upon discharge from the hospital. Long-term blood thinner medication guidelines differ ...