Adherence to guidelines pertaining to imaging after acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) repair is very low, a population-based study has shown. Only 14% of patients had guideline-recommended ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., July 27 (UPI) -- Those with aortic dissection, which killed John Ritter, face 1 in 4 odds of dying within a few years, but medical-imaging scans may help those odds. The researchers, ...
NEW ORLEANS, La. – Global death rates from aortic diseases have steadily increased over the past two decades. Studies show up to 8% of individuals will develop an aortic aneurysm during their lifetime ...
Given the growing proportion of elderly people in Western societies and the increasing prevalence of chronic hypertension, the management of aneurysmal aortic disease is an ever growing challenge.