People who developed a type of aneurysm with a cervical artery dissection (a tear in the inner lining of the neck artery wall ...

Around 20% of patients with cervical artery dissection have dissecting aneurysm but no increased risk for subsequent ischemic stroke.

Your aorta is a tube-like structure that resembles a candy cane. The thoracoabdominal aorta starts after the curve of the cane and extends past the arteries that deliver blood to the stomach, ...

A dissection causes severe pain, may result in stroke or heart attack and blood flow problems to the legs, intestines and kidneys. In addition to traditional open surgeries, Beaumont surgeons were ...

THE incidence of dissecting aneurysm of the aorta is higher than is usually realized, since it is found at about 1 of 500 autopsies. 1 With increased accuracy in diagnosis more cases of acute ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results from this study indicated aneurysm size did not predict aortic dissection or rupture in patients with ...

According to an observational study from Tokyo, incidence of acute aortic dissection rose on colder days, while aortic ...

In 44 patients with suspected dissecting aneurysm of the aorta, an aortographic diagnosis of dissection, based on the demonstration of a narrowed true lumen and of a false channel, was made in 23.

Adults who had a dissecting aneurysm in the neck artery wall (a cervical artery dissection or CeAD) did not have a higher risk of stroke compared to those with cervical artery dissection without a ...

Incidence of acute aortic dissection, aortic aneurysm rupture jumped within a day or two ...

Wells and Sun describe a 78-year-old man with a ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm.1 Many of the teaching points made are incorrect. The ruptured aneurysm described is caused by the same pathological ...

Q: Is aortic dissection a genetic condition? A: A genetic abnormality may increase a patient's risk for the condition. For instance, some families because of their genes may develop aortic aneurysms.