A MAN whose face swelled up with he was hungover was diagnosed with diagnosed with a rare and life-threatening heart ...

BACKGROUND: Despite reported racial disparities between Black and White adults in short-term outcomes after abdominal aortic ...

The outcomes of patients with type B acute aortic dissections (those confined ... a history of atherosclerosis and a history of aortic aneurysm. An increase in pressure within the false lumen ...

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

However, with acute aortic regurgitation, these compensatory changes cannot take place. The intra-cardiac pressures increase quickly and heart failure — often cardiogenic shock — may occur.

Acute aortic regurgitation carries a very high mortality if prompt surgical intervention in the form of aortic valve replacement (AVR) is not undertaken. Treatment of pulmonary edema and afterload ...