On Nov. 3, he posted an entry in his online blog describing his condition. Upon arriving at the hospital, Dennett underwent a CT scan which found he had "a dissection of the aorta," he wrote on the ...

A CT scan provides valuable information about your aorta, such as the location and size of an aneurysm or dissection. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) is ...

CT scan of the aorta shows the exact nature of the tear and the extent of the pathology and the organs involved. When aortic ...

A CT provides valuable information about your aorta, such as the location and size of an aneurysm or dissection. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), is another ...

She soon learned what was wrong with her — she experienced a postpartum aortic dissection ... run a variety of tests ...

While bicuspid aortic valves are known to be associated with aortic dilation and dissection, the risk of dissection in this population has recently been called into question. Michelena and ...

She was diagnosed with aortic dissection from a CT scan and told she needed emergency heart surgery. It took six hours to get her to the operating table, in addition to the ten hours before when ...