Diagnostic accuracy is high in the emergency department, with about 5.7 percent of patients misdiagnosed, according to a report published Dec. 15 by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The ...

Introduction: Surgical treatment of type A aortic dissection is essentially palliative. Many patients who undergo the procedure still have a dissection flap in the residual aorta, with a persistent ...

Cerebrospinal fluid drainage (CSFD) is commonly used to manage spinal cord injury (SCI) after aortic surgery. However, there is still limited evidence regarding its effectiveness in patients with type ...

Background The Endovascular Repair (EVAR) is the first-choice technique for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA). Treatment success is dependent on favorable anatomy and an adequate sealing zone formed by ...

Will Penny and his wife were going for a run on Oct. 30 in their Northwest Austin neighborhood. It wasn't even a difficult run, just 2.1 miles, something they had done regularly. This time, though, as ...

The history of aortic surgery involves describing innovations in repair techniques, which have both shaped and reflected our evolving understanding of aortic disease. Successful homograft replacement ...

The Detroit Lions gave an update on Aidan Hutchinson on Monday after the star defensive lineman suffered a gruesome leg injury during the team’s 47-9 win over the Dallas Cowboys. Hutchinson went down ...

A comprehensive differential diagnosis is essential in the emergency department, even when patient presentations are atypical. Timely recognition of life-threatening conditions, such as aortic ...

When the neck pain began, Amani Odom placed a warm compress on it to soothe her muscles. Soon a jolt of pain “shot straight to (her) chest.” “I immediately shot out of bed and was gasping for air and ...

1 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China 2 Department of Medicine, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China Objective: ...