An aortic dissection—a tear in the inner layer of the main artery—is a life-threatening emergency. It can happen with little ...

NPR's A Martinez speaks with American Heart Association's volunteer president Dr. Manesh Patel about aortic dissection, the preliminary finding of what led to Sen. Lindsey Graham's death. Preliminary ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. The aorta — the big, critical vessel that sends fresh blood from your heart out into your body — is a ...

Aortic Dissection Awareness Day is held annually on Sept. 19. Channel 9’s Miana Massey spoke with a man who almost didn’t survive the same heart episode.

Aortic dissection is an often fatal but treatable heart condition, and a surgeon with Jefferson Health hopes more people can act if they know what to look out for. The sudden death Saturday of Sen.

Amy Yasbeck revealed John Ritter was misdiagnosed with a heart attack the night he died, when a CT scan could have detected ...

Healthy, young and pregnant women can suffer severe and deadly heart attacks for different reasons. Approximately one-third of heart attacks in women younger than 50, and the leading cause of ...

US Senator Lindsey Graham, 71, Republican from South Carolina, died on Saturday night, hours after returning to the United States from an official visit to Ukraine. According to a preliminary report ...

Sometimes the aorta—the largest blood vessel in our bodies—can tear, allowing blood to flow between layers of the aortic wall. This dissection can block blood from flowing to other parts of the body, ...

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 “false lumen” can ...

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 “false lumen” can ...

The aorta is the main artery of the human body. Its large structure is key to maintaining the vital function of pumping oxygenated blood around the whole body. Aortic ...