Sara Adair knew she was at risk for a life-threatening aortic dissection after her father and sister experienced the same ...

Debra Reals still remembers lying on a gurney with her father and sister at her side as trauma surgeons explained the ...

Abnormal blood flow in the aorta is linked to inflammation and breakdown of the vessel wall in conditions where the aorta is dilated. This is shown in a study led by researchers at Linköping ...

Echocardiography can visualized the proximal portion of the aorta, however not the aortic arch and only minimal portions of the descending thoracic aorta. Transesophageal echocardiography is also ...