Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 58-year-old woman and I have very high blood pressure from a fall that dissected my aorta. I somehow survived and am thriving. Well, the last time I checked my blood pressure ...

“Emergency surgery replaces the torn part of the aorta with an artificial graft. Earlier, we replaced only the ascending aorta, but newer techniques like the Frozen Elephant Trunk procedure combine ...

Aortic dissection is a rare yet life-threatening condition where the aorta, the main blood vessel carrying blood from the ...

Back pain and coughing are rarely linked to heart problems, but they can signal life-threatening aortic damage, especially with uncontrolled hypertension, warn Fortis Gurugram doctors after saving ...

Recently, a research team led by Professor Jian-Xun Wang and Professor Tao Yu from Qingdao University made a significant ...

Your systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure describe the pressure on your arteries at different points in your heart beat.

Next week is Aortic Dissection Awareness Week, highlighting an often underrecognized and underdiagnosed disease. Late actor John Ritter was misdiagnosed before dying from an aortic dissection in 2003.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The “Ritter Rules” underline the importance of accessing care for aortic dissections and aneurysms. The ...

High blood pressure affects nearly half of U.S. adults and contributed to over 664,000 deaths in 2023. Often symptomless, hypertension can lead to severe complications like heart attack and stroke.

Brown remodeling of white adipose tissue inhibited abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) progression via a vessel-protective ...

When you go to the doctor, it's basically second nature to roll up your sleeves for a blood pressure reading. You've done it for as long as you can remember, right? The practice is an important one.