Regional protocols improve quality of care for aortic dissection patients Date: August 10, 2010 Source: Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation Summary: Using a standardized protocol within a ...

Carotid artery dissection: When the carotid artery is involved in the ascending aortic dissection, symptoms of carotid artery dissection may occur which include headache, neck pain and Horner’s ...

Computed tomography (CT) with or without contrast is the most common imaging study used to evaluate your condition. A CT provides valuable information about your aorta, such as the location and size ...

In patients with ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) and no other organ-system abnormalities, the absolute risk of aortic dissection is low but increases with larger aortic sizes, according to ...

Return of Renal Function after Endovascular Treatment of Aortic Dissection Published April 28, 2005 N Engl J Med 2005;352: 1824 - 1825 DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200504283521722 ...

They should be monitored regularly with a CT scan and when that aneurysm grows to around 5 centimeters, doctors will go in a repair the aneurysm before it causes a dissection.

Using a standardized protocol within a regional health network, a multidisciplinary acute aortic dissection (AAD) program resulted in a 43 percent reduction in time to diagnosis for all AAD ...