This is an emergency, Conner said. About 50% of people who have an aortic dissection die at home. Of the other 50% who make ...

Aortic thrombus, particularly in the form of floating thrombus or mural thrombus, poses significant risks, including acute limb ischemia and potential embolization. Recent research has focused on ...

We describe a case of a hypercoagulable young patient with arterial embolism in whom investigations revealed a mural pedunculated aortic arch thrombosis without clear diffuse atherosclerotic lesions.

Tsai et al. examined data from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection to determine whether partial thrombosis of the false lumen (defined as presence of both flow and thrombus ...

Thoracic aortic dissection occurs when the intima of the aorta becomes compromised and “tears” or “dissects” a new layer that fills with blood between the intima and the media. This ...

A CT provides valuable information about your aorta, such as the location and size of an aneurysm or dissection. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), is another ...