Aortic diameters were analysed using advanced imaging. The primary outcome was a combined endpoint of aortic-related mortality, aortic dissection and preventive aortic surgery. The secondary endpoint ...

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 ...

The UK’s first aortic specialist nurse has been chosen to lead a new virtual consultation service for aortic dissection patients launched by a national charity. Emma Hope, who retired from the NHS ...

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 ...

or magnetic resonance imaging/computed tomographic (MRI/CT) scans. Traditionally, IMH refers to haemorrhage contained within the medial layer of the aortic wall, and is distinguished from typical ...

Recent studies show that hyperactivation of mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) signaling plays a causal role in the development of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection. Modulation of PP2A ...

Imaging studies and hospital records ... Although PAU, IMH, and classic dissection may represent a spectrum of aortic disease, it is reasonable to speculate that the clinical behavior of lesions ...

Aortic dissection is a tearing within the wall of ... Evaluation by a healthcare provider and imaging tests of the chest and heart can help tell these causes of chest pain apart.

TA can also be associated with aortic interruption or hypoplasia and ... valves and anomalous venous connection. Subcostal imaging including, frontal, left anterior oblique and sagittal views ...