BLOOMINGTON, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following the recent FDA approval of Cook Medical’s Zenith Dissection Endovascular System, Cooper University Health Care in Camden, New Jersey, has treated the ...

An aortic aneurysm occurs when a weak aortic wall stretches, causing it to bulge. An aortic dissection occurs when there’s a tear in the aortic wall, which can be fatal if not treated immediately. The ...

Imagine sitting at home feeling perfectly fine, only to be struck down the next second by an agonizing, unyielding pain. This terrifyingly sudden scenario is exactly how an aortic dissection begins.

An aortic dissection happens when the inner layer of your aorta tears. Blood spills between the inner and outer walls of the artery instead of following the normal path. That pressure can split the ...

In patients with ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) and no other organ-system abnormalities, the absolute risk of aortic dissection is low but increases with larger aortic sizes, according to ...