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 ...

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 ...

Aneurysm formation and diffuse dilatation leading to aortic incompetence result from this elastica destruction. The intimal fibrocellular thickening is secondary to the underlying inflammation and ...

Three centimeters above the aortic ring there was a transverse roughened area that represented an old tear of the intima extending distally for 1.2 cm. (Fig. 3). It formed a shallow, shelflike ...

You said an intimal tear or an actual rupture ... those patients or maybe consider a surgical option. Dr. Block: If the aorta is really noncompliant, do you really need a technically perfect ...