intramural hematoma and penetrating aortic ulcer). Aortopathy can be a sporadic/degenerative, nonsyndromic heritable thoracic aortic disease or familial disease, including Marfan syndrome or ...

In acute aortic syndromes (which include dissection, intramural hematoma (collection of blood within the aortic wall) and ...

Acute aortic intramural hematoma (IMH) is a relatively uncommon but potentially life-threatening aortic disease that can occur primarily in hypertensive and atherosclerotic patients. The course of IMH ...

1– 5 Acute aortic syndrome includes aortic dissection, intramural haematoma (IMH), and symptomatic aortic ulcer. Propagation of the dissection can proceed in anterograde or retrograde fashion from the ...

Peripheral vascular disease (PVD)a condition affecting arteries, veins and the lymphatic systems throughout the bodyhas ...

The abdominal aorta is a large artery in your belly that carries blood from the heart to the lower part of the body. In early fetal development, it forms from two smaller blood vessels, called the ...

TEVAR was recommended by the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) as a first-line treatment for descending aortic rupture, penetrating aortic ulcers, intramural hematoma, blunt traumatic ...

ABSTRACT: Primary aortodigestive fistulas (ADF) are rare abnormal communications between the native aorta and the gastrointestinal tract. We report the case of a 54-year-old hypertensive woman, ...

Peptic ulcer disease is a common digestive disorder in which acid and digestive enzymes cause the lining of the stomach or the first part of the small intestine (duodenum) to erode. A peptic ulcer ...

While the evidence is mixed, it is clear that the relationship between alcohol use and stomach ulcers, or peptic ulcers, is complex. There’s little evidence to suggest that alcohol directly ...

What is aortic stenosis in children? Aortic stenosis means that your child has a heart valve that is too narrow or is blocked. The aortic valve is 1 of 4 heart valves that keep blood flowing through ...

In asymptomatic patients with mild to moderate aortic stenosis, the survival is similar to age-matched controls. [1,16] The mainstay of medical treatment for these patients is simply appropriate ...