Healio

When to Intervene in Aortic Dissection

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Aortic dissections are classified by severity: The most severe usually call for immediate surgery, and the least ...
TCTMD

Prophylactic TEVAR Shows Promise for Uncomplicated Type B Aortic Dissection

Prophylactic thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) may be a better option than medical therapy for younger patients with potentially catastrophic aortic tears, an observational study suggests.
Endovascular Today

Study Highlights Insurance-Based Disparities in TEVAR for TBAD

In this retrospective analysis, Zil-E-Ali et al found that patients with government-funded insurance who underwent urgent or ...
Healio

Candidates for medical management identified in type B aortic dissection

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — While thoracic endovascular aortic repair has been shown to benefit many patients with ...
TCTMD

Aortic Dissection: What’s Next in Endovascular Therapy

HOLLYWOOD, FL—Aortic dissection continues to vex clinicians, but creative approaches to treatment are on the horizon, according to one expert in the field. Michael Dake, MD (Stanford University, CA), ...
UUHC Health Feed

Treating an Aortic Dissection

Sometimes the aorta—the largest blood vessel in our bodies—can tear, allowing blood to flow between layers of the aortic wall. This dissection can block blood from flowing to other parts of the body, ...
Nature

Predicting acute type B aortic dissection—size does not matter

The current recommendation in surgical guidelines is for elective repair of thoracic aortic aneurysm if the maximum diameter of the descending aorta is ≥5.5 cm; however, researchers have shown that, ...
UPI

Death rate rises among people with aortic dissection

When you feel sudden severe chest or upper back pain, it's easy to assume what's happening is a heart attack. It could be, but it could also be an aortic dissection -- a condition that can be severe ...
News Medical

An Overview of Aortic Dissection

The aorta is the main artery of the human body. Its large structure is key to maintaining the vital function of pumping oxygenated blood around the whole body. Aortic ...
Business Wire

First US Patient Treated with Cook Medical’s Recently Approved Zenith® Dissection Endovascular System

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following the recent FDA approval of Cook Medical’s Zenith Dissection Endovascular System, Cooper University Health Care in Camden, New Jersey, has treated the ...
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Management and outcomes of aortic dissection in pregnancy with Marfan Syndrome

Hemodynamic adaptations taking place during pregnancy increases the risk of cardiovascular complications including acute aortic dissection (AoD) and may lead to increased maternal and foetal morbidity ...