A CT scan provides valuable information about your aorta, such as the location and size of an aneurysm or dissection. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) is ...

A “fit and healthy” woman, Marie Anne August, experienced a “ripping” and bubbling” feeling in her chest. The 45-year-old was ...

Aortic dissection can also occur following any aortic surgery and is more common in aortas that have already enlarged (aortic ...

Aortic dissection is uncommon, occuring in 5 to 30 out of 1 million people each year. Here's a look at the signs of an aneurysm by type. Symptoms vary depending on the location and the severity of ...

Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MD The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body, carrying oxygen-rich blood from ...

The fatal complication of an ascending aortic aneurysm is rupture and/or aortic dissection. The diagnosis of an ascending aortic aneurysm is best made on CT angiography or MR angiography.

Hiren Parekh, a Yale junior and Saxony Lutheran alum, presented research on gender disparities in Type A aortic dissection at ...

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 ...

A CT provides valuable information about your aorta, such as the location and size of an aneurysm or dissection. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), is another ...