Earlie Smith experienced an aortic dissection. Months later, her brother, Larry Smith, also had one. The same doctor helped ...

Dr. Mussa: Chest pain is the most common symptom ... Anyone with a first-degree relative with aortic dissection should be screened (e.g., genetic testing, imaging) for conditions that affect ...

The onset of symptoms in aortic dissection are usually sudden without warning. While pain of an ascending aortic dissection frequently is in the center of the chest radiating to the mid upper ...

The onset of symptoms in aortic dissection are usually sudden without warning. While pain of an ascending aortic dissection frequently is in the center of the chest radiating to the mid upper ...

or stomach causing a sharp pain which usually lets people realize there's something seriously wrong. The foundation stresses that aortic dissection is a medical emergency. The risk of death rises ...

Patients that experience sudden symptoms such as chest pain, characterized as a tearing sensation ... two to three months to fully recover from undergoing ascending aortic aneurysm/dissection or arch ...

A local man was saved with just hours to spare after doctors at The Christ Hospital performed a bloodless heart surgery.

Patients that experience sudden symptoms such as chest or back pain ... size of an aneurysm or dissection. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) is another imaging ...