If you need cardiac surgery in the future, aortic dissection in particular, reach for the moon. Or at least try to schedule your surgery around its cycle. A new study found that acute aortic ...

Adherence to guidelines pertaining to imaging after acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) repair is very low, a population-based study has shown. Only 14% of patients had guideline-recommended ...

Ascending aortic hemiarch reconstruction offers the same long-term benefits to patients over age 65 with acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) as more complex extended arch reconstruction procedures, ...

As seen for other emergent conditions, the number of patients presenting to US hospitals with acute type A aortic dissections dropped during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, although ...

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 ...