Our mission is to raise awareness of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection through research, education, and advocacy. We aim to prevent death and disability resulting from AD through funding ...

Backgrounds: We have previously used a handmade branched stent graft (SG) to treat thoracic aortic aneurysms. In this study, we examined the long-term results of treatment for dissecting thoracic ...

The proximal end of the trifurcated graft is then anastomosed to the ascending aortic graft. The elephant trunk technique is used if a descending or thoracoabdominal aneurysm coexists with the ...

Further studies are needed to determine whether prophylactic stent graft placement will improve outcomes in a selected subset of patients with uncomplicated descending aortic dissection.

This case illustrates the unusual way an aortic dissection can present. This patient presented with sharp, left interscapular pain, which subsided after a while and left-sided pleural effusion.

and counseling and surveillance of patients with known heritable thoracic disease. We round out our focus of AD with initiatives to improve awareness. Advocates Carin Anderson and Ben Youdelman, MD, ...

Ascending aortic aneurysm (AscAA) is a silent disease and a potentially fatal condition if aortic wall rupture or dissection occurs. AscAA entails destructive changes ... from the same individual of ...

Acute cases are often caused by infective endocarditis or aortic dissection in the ascending ... result from valve deterioration, thoracic aortic aneurysm, rheumatic fever, endocarditis, or ...

Ewha Aortic Vascular Hospital (Hospital Director Song Seok-won) has obtained the Asia-Pacific Aortic Care Training Center of ...

Acute cases are often caused by infective endocarditis or aortic dissection in the ascending aorta. Chronic cases, which may be symptom-free for years, result from valve deterioration, thoracic aortic ...