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Aortic Dissection vs. Aneurysm: What’s the Difference?

An aortic aneurysm occurs when a weak aortic wall stretches, causing it to bulge. An aortic dissection occurs when there’s a tear in the aortic wall, which can be fatal if not treated immediately. The ...
Medical Xpress

Q&A: Aortic dissections: Are you at risk? Here's what to know

The aorta, one of the "great arteries," carries blood away from the heart to support circulation throughout the body. However, sometimes a tear in the lining of the aorta can occur, and while this is ...
Medscape

Aortic Dissection: Still the Great Masquerader

Ask any trainee in emergency medicine for a list of rapidly fatal conditions, and it is almost certain that acute aortic dissection (AAD) will be near the top. In acute care medicine, AAD is a ...
Nature

Investigating long-term risk of aortic aneurysm and dissection from fluoroquinolones and the key contributing factors using machine learning methods

The connection between fluoroquinolones and severe heart conditions, such as aortic aneurysm (AA) and aortic dissection (AD), has been acknowledged, but the full extent of long-term risks remains ...
Medscape

Natriuretic Peptide Risk-Stratifies Acute Type-A Aortic Dissection

The study covered in this summary was published on SSRN.com as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed. The prospective, observational, single-center cohort study enrolled 829 patients with ...
UPI

Death rate rises among people with aortic dissection

When you feel sudden severe chest or upper back pain, it's easy to assume what's happening is a heart attack. It could be, but it could also be an aortic dissection -- a condition that can be severe ...
MedPage Today

Older Folks Can Be Spared From Extended Surgery for Aortic Dissections

NEW ORLEANS -- For older patients with acute dissections affecting the ascending aorta, a more extensive arch reconstruction surgery was not necessarily better, according to nationwide data. Between ...
Open Heart

Impact of socioeconomic deprivation on early and long-term outcomes after major aortic surgery: insights from a 20-year single-centre cohort

Background Socioeconomic deprivation has been associated with adverse outcomes after aortic surgery, although evidence ...
Nature

Anatomic and operative predictors of aortic expansion following aortic dissection repair

Following surgical repair of acute type A aortic dissection(ATAAD), distal aortic degeneration and growth may occur. Previous evidence has suggested that false lumen ...
TCTMD

Aortic Dissection Risk Rises in Pregnancy for Women With Marfan Syndrome

For women with Marfan syndrome (MFS), pregnancy is associated with a higher risk of aortic dissection during the peripartum period, according to new data, but the risk can be mitigated with careful ...
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Canadians have died suddenly from a torn aorta missed after ER visit. Here's what you need to know

For emergency doctors, the fear of missing a potentially lethal diagnosis “fluctuates between healthy and practice-altering paranoia,” Calgary emergency doctors Eddy Lang and Niklas Bobrovitz recently ...