In the absence of an effective system to gauge the cause of the fatalities, one academic is calling for dissections to be performed for all suspicious fatalities. Data from medical centers and ...

For the last two school years, teacher Greg Barord has used a virtual dissection program to teach his students.

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, ...

Stroke was common (63%), especially with extracranial dissections (66% vs. 32%, P<0.0001), whereas transient ischemic attack (14%) and subarachnoid hemorrhage (10%) were uncommon. Subarachnoid ...