A chest X-ray, which could have helped to establish an aortic dissection diagnosis had been ordered, but it was not done. The malpractice case involving Ritter highlights the importance of case ...

Thoracic aortic dissection occurs when the intima of the ... based on the patient’s clinical presentation and symptoms. Chest x-ray can show mediastinal widening and/or an abnormal aortic ...

the absolute risk of aortic dissection is low but increases with larger aortic sizes, according to new population data. “One study is never enough, but our data probably contribute, I would say, some ...

What Is an Aortic Dissection? An aortic dissection is an emergency with your aorta, which is the largest blood vessel in your body and the main artery that takes blood from your heart to the rest ...