It may be several years before patients become symptomatic. Aortic dissection and rupture is related to aortic diameter and expansion rate in many situations (table 2). The mean (SD) expansion rate in ...

Aortic valve narrowing (aortic stenosis) with concomitant cardiac amyloidosis is a severe heart disease of old age that is associated with a high risk of death. Until now, treatment has consisted of ...

all patients hospitalised for acute aortic dissection in Sweden 2006–2015 were identified ... A study of patients with chronic TBD showed that less than half (43%) reported high degree of adherence ...

While visiting Utah, Christine Seppi experienced sudden, severe abdominal and back pain. A rare diagnosis—an abdominal aortic ...

There are two main types of aortic dissection: ascending and descending. Aortic dissections can be acute (sudden) or chronic (long-term). Ascending Aortic Dissection An ascending aortic dissection ...

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A retrospective analysis was performed on patients who underwent minimally invasive surgery for acute Type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) at the General Hospital of the Northern Theater Command between ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — A new surgical procedure is providing hope for those suffering from chronic neck pain. The anterior cervical discectomy fusion (ACDF) is a breakthrough operation that ...

Studies of chronic aortic dissection and studies of exclusive patient populations such as those with connective tissue diseases were excluded. Risk of bias was assessed with the Newcastle‐Ottawa Scale ...

State Key Laboratory of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Research Unit of Nanocatalytic Medicine in Specific ...

Patients who with incomplete baseline or postoperative serum creatinine (sCr) concentrations, and those who had undergone preoperative renal replacement therapy (RRT) for chronic kidney ... registry ...