The heart pumps blood out of the left ventricle, through the aortic valve, and into the aorta. Aneurysm is the primary problem that may affect the aorta; the blood vessel may become enlarged beyond ...
The Stanford group considers: type A (dissection involving ascending aorta) and type B (descending aorta only). 7 Depending on the duration of symptoms until the clinical presentation, aortic ...
Aortic dissections and aneurysms remain clinically challenging entities. Over the past several years, concepts in the management of thoracic aortic disease have slowly evolved and incrementally ...
Figure 1. Screening process diagram. AAD, acute aortic dissection; MIMIC, medical information mart for intensive care; ICU, intensive care unit. Comparative analysis revealed that patients in the ...
The recently introduced Zenith Dissection Endovascular Stent component is designed to be used in conjunction with the Zenith TX2 covered stent in the setting of aortic dissection (see fig 9).