BACKGROUND: Despite reported racial disparities between Black and White adults in short-term outcomes after abdominal aortic ...

The sudden passing of former Transportation Minister Kuo Yao-chi due to aortic dissection shocks many and highlights a cardiovascular emergency that demands attention. Aortic dissection, often ...

Ms August is calling for greater awareness of the signs of aortic rupture among hospital medics. 'I do feel disappointed it wasn't picked up initially now that I know how serious it was,' she said.

A regular gym-goer felt a ripping in her chest post a workout session, which resulted in severe pain, and was thereafter ...

A FIT and healthy woman was told she had ’24 hours to live’ after feeling a ripping in her chest. Marie-Anne August first ...

Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MD The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body, carrying oxygen-rich blood from ...

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It has a lower risk of rupture. The aorta is the main artery in the body, supplying oxygen to the brain, muscles, and cells. An abdominal aortic aneurysm develops in the portion of the aorta ...

Rupture of the ascending aortic dissection into the pericardium can cause a rapid pericardial effusion resulting in cardiac tamponade which is frequently fatal. Acute aortic regurgitation can ...