Thoracic aortic aneurysm

Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm

Image diagnosis: thoracic aortic dissection and thoracic aortic aneurysm.

Sundeep R Bhat, MD, is an Emergency Medicine Resident in the Stanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine Residency Program in CA. E-mail: [email protected]. Gus M Garmel, MD, FACEP, FAAEM, is a Senior Emergency Medicine Physician at the Kaiser Santa Clara Medical Center, Co-Program Director of the Stanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine Residency Program, and Clinical Professor (Affiliated) of Surgery (Emer...

Acute aortic syndromes and thoracic aortic aneurysm.

Acute and chronic aortic diseases have been diagnosed and studied by physicians for centuries. Both the diagnosis and treatment of aortic diseases have been steadily improving over time, largely because of increased physician awareness and improvements in diagnostic modalities. This comprehensive review discusses the pathophysiology and risk factors, classification schemes, epidemiology, clinic...

Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection

Background—Current knowledge of prevalence, incidence, and survival in thoracic aortic diseases (aneurysm and dissection) is based on small studies from a dated era of treatment and diagnostic procedures. The objective of the present study was to reappraise epidemiology and long-term outcomes in subjects with thoracic aortic disease in a large contemporary population. Methods and Results—All su...

Thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection.

Aortic dissection is the most devastating complication of thoracic aortic disease. In the more than 250 years since thoracic aortic dissection was first described, much has been learned about diseases of the thoracic aorta. In this review, we describe normal thoracic aortic size; risk factors for dissection, including genetic and inflammatory conditions; the underpinnings of genetic diseases as...