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Women’s Health Wednesday: Aortic Dissection
In this week’s Women’s Health Wednesday, we’re taking a look at a condition called aortic dissection. The Mayo Clinic defines it as a tear in the inner layer of the body’s main artery ...
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These siblings had identical cardiac events one after the other: ‘Worse than any heartburn’
Eventually, they realized Earlie Smith experienced aortic dissection, a tear in the innermost layer of the aorta, which can be a life-threatening event. Doctors transferred her to the Ohio State ...
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Aortic Stenosis
The VECs line the blood-containing surfaces of the valves and the VICs are present in all three layers of the valve: fibrosa, spongiosa and ventricularis. The fibrosa, close to the aortic (outflow ...
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Descending and Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections
The aorta is a tube-like structure that resembles a candy cane. The thoracoabdominal aorta starts after the curve of the cane and extends past the arteries that deliver blood to the stomach, ...