People who have undergone bariatric surgery appear less likely to suffer an aortic dissection than other adults with obesity, researchers say. The finding is the latest in a series of benefits ...

Sara Adair knows the symptoms of aortic dissections. The hospital analyst's father and sister each experienced the dangerous cardiac condition, when the inner lining of the body's main artery tears ...

Cardiovascular surgeon Meghana Helder, MD, says the Elika device she created was born out of clinical necessity. Cardiac surgeons treat acute type A aortic dissections to address a life-threatening ...

HOUSTON – Aortic dissection is a rare but catastrophic disorder. According to one Memorial Hermann surgeon, aortic dissection runs in families about 20% of the time. The condition is when the wall of ...

Since then, Bishop has undergone two open-heart surgeries at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, with her latest procedure being done by Kyle Eudailey, M.D., at the UAB Medicine Cardiovascular ...

Mary Duarte remembers sitting in her Belton home around 6 p.m. June 21 talking to her family when she started to feel a tightness in her chest and chin. "It felt like I had a 300-pound man sitting on ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. For Jim Parker, an ordinary day in July 2023 nearly became ...

Ann Arbor, MI - Survival rates three years after surgery for type A aortic dissection are "excellent," as long as patients survive to hospital discharge, a new study suggests [1]. The findings ...

The chance of a patient living after tearing their aorta has improved significantly, but the condition remains deadly if not recognized early and repaired surgically, a study finds. A team of ...