The aorta is the main artery of the human body. Its large structure is key to maintaining the vital function of pumping oxygenated blood around the whole body. Aortic ...

When you feel sudden severe chest or upper back pain, it's easy to assume what's happening is a heart attack. It could be, but it could also be an aortic dissection -- a condition that can be severe ...

A long-time runner thought she was having a heart attack, but her son's quick recall helped doctors find the real cause: a ...

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. Acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) is a catastrophic disease with fatal outcomes. Malperfusion ...

Saxony Lutheran High School 2022 graduate Hiren Parekh — a junior molecular biophysics and biochemistry major at Yale University — presented research regarding Type A aortic dissection in women at ...