A 74-year-old man presents to the emergency department with a 1-day history of severe chest and back pain. He has a history of hypertension and has run out of medication. He has no history of similar ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — While thoracic endovascular aortic repair has been shown to benefit many patients with ...

Background A 40-year-old man presented with acute chest and back pain, hypertension and anuria. Two years previously he had been diagnosed with acute uncomplicated type B aortic dissection. Following ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Aortic dissections are classified by severity: The most severe usually call for immediate surgery, and the least ...

Patency or thrombosis of the false lumen in type B acute aortic dissection has been found to predict outcomes. The prognostic implications of partial thrombosis of the false lumen have not yet been ...

HOLLYWOOD, FL—Aortic dissection continues to vex clinicians, but creative approaches to treatment are on the horizon, according to one expert in the field. Michael Dake, MD (Stanford University, CA), ...