Cardiac tamponade: An acute pericardial effusion can occur causing cardiac tamponade if the proximal portion of the ascending aortic dissection ruptures into the pericardium. In this situation ...

This is an emergency, Conner said. About 50% of people who have an aortic dissection die at home. Of the other 50% who make ...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence and durability of additional proximal cuffs during endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR). A retrospective review of 90 EVAR ...

A CT provides valuable information about your aorta, such as the location and size of an aneurysm or dissection. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), is another ...

Both the proximal and distal endograft components ... conjunction with the Zenith TX2 covered stent in the setting of aortic dissection (see fig 9). This bare stent component is constructed ...

The fatal complication of an ascending aortic aneurysm is rupture and/or aortic dissection ... Echocardiography can visualized the proximal portion of the aorta, however not the aortic arch ...

Conventional radiography of the left shoulder showed a proximal fracture of the humerus ... revealed traumatic dissection of the brachial artery in the fracture zone. The patient was immediately ...