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 Medicare data contradict results from the TCW randomized trial but better represent real-world practice, say authors.

Background: Acute aortic dissection is a potentially fatal cardiovascular disorder associated with high mortality. However, current predictive models show a limited ability to efficiently and flexibly ...

Part II of this two-part article investigates the hypothesis that excessive elongation could play a role in the occurrence of acute aortic dissection. Contributors All listed author contributed in the ...

Read about how Northern Ireland nurses are pioneering a new way of inserting catheters, to improve waiting times and patient ...

Sterling High School students are using a tool of technology to peel back the layers of the human body for an up close and intimate view of human anatomy. An anatomage table is an interactive virtual ...

This valuable study presents a mouse gastruloid model that can be used to generate hematopoietic progenitors as well as leukemic cells. However, in its current form, the manuscript is inadequate ...

Conclusions Normal vital signs do not rule out aortic injury. A high degree of clinical suspicion and liberal use of imaging is necessary to prevent missed or delayed diagnoses. Physiological vital ...

Aortic sclerosis has two important clinical implications. Firstly, aortic sclerosis is an antecedent to clinically significant aortic valve obstruction and, secondly, it acts as a marker of increased ...

The right coronary artery (RCA) arises further caudal, at the right aortic sinus ... In these cases, assessment by MSCT or another 3D imaging technique can accurately depict coronary anatomy ...

Fluorescence imaging is the visualization of fluorescent dyes or proteins as labels for molecular processes or structures. It enables a wide range of experimental observations including the ...