Both Adair's father and sister survived, but after her sister's aortic dissection at the age of ... used a point-of-care ultrasound to examine Adair. The device is a probe that plugs into an ...

who suffered a sudden and life-threatening aortic dissection. The device in question was an iPhone ultrasound probe, which enabled doctors to make a rapid and accurate diagnosis in a critical ...

Acute cases are often caused by infective endocarditis or aortic dissection in the ascending aorta ... The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that men ages 65 to 75 who have ever smoked ...

Both Adair's father and sister survived, but after her sister's aortic dissection at the age of ... used a point-of-care ...

Sara Adair, an iPhone user, was saved from a life-threatening aortic dissection thanks to a point-of-care ultrasound probe that connected to the device. This allowed doctors to quickly diagnose ...

A regular gym-goer felt a ripping in her chest post a workout session, which resulted in severe pain, and was thereafter diagnosed with life-threatening aortic dissection, when a tear in the inner ...

Transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE), rapid sequence spiral computed tomography with intravenous contrast (CT), and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) have become increasingly useful in the ...

Background Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death during pregnancy with thoracic aortic dissection being one of the main causes. Thoracic aortic disease is commonly related to hereditary ...

Aortic dissection is a rare but life-threatening condition characterized by a tear in the aorta's inner layer. This rupture allows blood to flow between the layers of the aortic wall, creating a false ...

SCAD has a genetic component, with genome‐wide association studies identifying multiple risk loci. Thoracic aortic dissection (type A) shares some genetic overlap with SCAD, suggesting potential ...

Objectives This study aimed to develop a patient-centred approach to the burden of acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) through modelling. The main objective was to identify potential improvements ...