A portable iPhone ultrasound device enabled the rapid diagnosis of aortic dissection, ensuring timely emergency surgery.

Sara Adair’s life was saved by an iPhone ultrasound probe after suffering an aortic dissection. Quick diagnosis allowed for ...

Sara Adair knows the symptoms of aortic dissections. The hospital analyst's father and sister each experienced the dangerous cardiac condition, when the inner lining of the body's main artery tears ...

The device is a probe that plugs into an iPhone, turning the device into a portable ultrasound system. The scan showed the large tear in Adair's aorta, Sengupta said. Adair was sent for a CT scan ...

NHS Ayrshire & Arran is urging men over 65 to attend their abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening appointments.