To learn whether there is an association between bariatric surgery and risk for aortic dissection, Okida and his colleagues analyzed data from the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database from ...

Some people need emergency surgery for dissections to stop blood leaking between aortic layers. The type of treatment you’ll need depends on your symptoms and the location of the dissection. Aortic ...

Cardiac surgeons are successfully performing more extensive surgical repairs of type A aortic dissection -- one of the highest risk operations in cardiothoracic surgery. These new surgical ...

A Mumbai woman, 8 months pregnant with twins, survived a rare heart tear and 18-hour surgery due to Marfan syndrome. An ...

A beveled aortic hemiarch replacement is a surgical procedure to repair an aortic aneurysm or aortic dissection in the ascending aorta and arch of the aorta. This procedure involves removing the ...

Recovery It will take you approximately one month to fully recover from undergoing endovascular aortic aneurysm surgery. You should plan to be away from work, getting your full strength back, for ...

In the modern-day surgical era, patients who receive surgery for aortic dissection and come through it successfully have a good chance of surviving long term, a new study suggests. (Tsai TT et al ...

Mary Duarte remembers sitting in her Belton home around 6 p.m. June 21 talking to her family when she started to feel a tightness in her chest and chin. "It felt like I had a 300-pound man sitting ...

The influence of seasons and lunar cycle on hospital outcomes following ascending aortic dissection repair. Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, 2013; DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivt299 ...

Aortic aneurysm surgery is considered generally safe, but it is associated with risks and complications. Examples of some common risks include blood clots, ischemic complications, and excessive ...

Paper cited: “Early Mortality in Type A Acute Aortic Dissection: Insights From the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection,” JAMA Cardiology. DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2022.2718 ...