Thirty percent of acute type A aortic dissections present with neurologic symptoms, but seizures are uncommon. The combination of hypotension with neurologic deficits should trigger physicians to ...

iPhone-based ultrasound detected aortic dissection within minutes, enabling life-saving surgery The patient, with a genetic predisposition, survived despite complications Mobile medical technology is ...

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Volume 2, Number 4, 2018, pp 447-449(3); DOI: https:/ / doi. org/ 10. 15212/ CVIA. 2017. 0028, Niya Mileva, Medical University of ...

Sara Adair, an iPhone user, was saved from a life-threatening aortic dissection thanks to a point-of-care ultrasound probe that connected to the device. This allowed doctors to quickly diagnose the ...

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications, Niya Mileva, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria and other researchers from Poland and Italy present a case study of ...

A breakthrough in medical technology played a crucial role in saving the life of hospital analyst Sara Adair, who suffered a sudden and life-threatening aortic dissection. The device in question was ...

Your aorta is a tube-like structure that resembles a candy cane. The thoracoabdominal aorta starts after the curve of the cane and extends past the arteries that deliver blood to the stomach, ...

What Is an Aortic Dissection? An aortic dissection is an emergency with your aorta, which is the largest blood vessel in your body and the main artery that takes blood from your heart to the rest of ...

An aortic dissection is a tear in one of the layers of the aorta. The aorta is your body’s largest blood vessel. Your aorta is made up of three layers. When a hole or tear forms in one of these layers ...

An aortic dissection happens when tears appear in the inner lining of the aorta, which is the main artery leaving the heart. Blood surges into the tears, causing the aorta lining to split, or dissect.