The observational literature describing imaging characteristics of VAD is heterogenous and of limited quality. Studies reviewed took varied approaches to patient selection and imaging, used different ...

An aortic dissection which occurs when a tear in the inner wall of the aorta causes blood to flow between the layers of the wall of the aorta and force the layers apart. This transthoracic ...

RECENT advances in the surgical treatment of dissecting aneurysm of the thoracic aorta, based on resection and graft replacement of a segment of aorta including the intimal tear, have made ...

Thirty percent of acute type A aortic dissections present with neurologic symptoms, but seizures are uncommon. The combination of hypotension with neurologic deficits should trigger physicians to ...

*Clinically defined cases with radiographic confirmation. Reported rates are pooled across studies reporting on presence/absence of a given characteristic. †One study describing 22 VAD patients ...