Healio

Thoracic stent graft linked with positive outcomes in patients with acute aortic dissection

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . LAS VEGAS — Patients with acute type B aortic dissection benefited from treatment with a thoracic stent graft, ...
Healio

Aortic Dissection - Ascending

Thoracic aortic dissection occurs when the intima of the aorta becomes compromised and “tears” or “dissects” a new layer that fills with blood between the intima and the media. This “false lumen” can ...
TCTMD

Unruptured Thoracic Aneurysm in TAVR Tied to Aortic Dissection, Cardiac Tamponade

In the small percentage of patients undergoing TAVR who have a preexisting unruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA), there appears to be increased risks of both aortic dissection and cardiac ...
CMAJ

Ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm and aortic dissection are entirely different entities

Wells and Sun describe a 78-year-old man with a ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm.1 Many of the teaching points made are incorrect. The ruptured aneurysm described is caused by the same pathological ...
Yahoo Finance

Medtronic Begins Real-World Post-Market Study of the Valiant Navion Thoracic Stent Graft System in Patients with Thoracic Aortic Dissection

DUBLIN, July 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medtronic plc (MDT), the global leader in medical technology, today announced the start of a prospective, observational, global, multi-center, real-world, ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Aortic Dissection on Trans Thoracic Echocardiogram

An aortic dissection which occurs when a tear in the inner wall of the aorta causes blood to flow between the layers of the wall of the aorta and force the layers apart. This transthoracic ...
TCTMD

Novel TEVAR System for Complicated Aortic Dissection Shows Promise

Patients with acute, complicated type B aortic dissections can safely benefit from thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) with a novel stent graft, according to a study presented January 27, 2014 ...
Baylor College of Medicine

Baylor Researchers Awarded NIH Funding to Study Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Dissection and Rupture

The research team including Dr. Ying Shen, professor of surgery and director of the Aortic Disease Research Lab; Dr. Scott LeMaire, professor of and vice chair for research in the Department of ...
Nature

Familial thoracic aortic aneurysm/dissection with patent ductus arteriosus: genetic arguments for a particular pathophysiological entity

Another particular vascular syndrome that associates TAA/AD and patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) has been suggested in a single family. 13 We report here the study of a large three-generation French ...
Science Daily

Discovery yields answers for family with thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection

Through genetic analysis of a family with a history of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection (TAAD), investigators have identified mutations in the LOX gene, a gene associated with the integrity of ...
News Medical

Researchers discover genetic mutation responsible for thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection

Thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection (TAAD), an enlargement or tearing of the walls of the aorta in the chest, is, together with abdominal aortic aneurysms, responsible for about 2% of all deaths ...