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Unruptured Thoracic Aneurysm in TAVR Tied to Aortic Dissection, Cardiac Tamponade

In the small percentage of patients undergoing TAVR who have a preexisting unruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA), there appears to be increased risks of both aortic dissection and cardiac ...
Nature

Targeted genetic analysis in a large cohort of familial and sporadic cases of aneurysm or dissection of the thoracic aorta

Thoracic aortic aneurysm/aortic dissection (TAAD) is a disorder with highly variable age of onset and phenotype. We sought to determine the prevalence of pathogenic variants in TAAD-associated genes ...
Medical Xpress

Discovery yields answers for family with thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection

A new finding by clinicians and geneticists may solve a medical mystery that one family has faced for the last 15 years and help identify the cause of a rare aortic disease in other patients as well.
BioWorld

COMP as a potential early biomarker of thoracic aortic dissection

Thoracic aortic dissection can progress to a highly lethal cardiac emergency, but it cannot usually be detected in early stages, so suitable biomarkers of progression are needed. Levels of C-reactive ...
CMAJ

Ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm and aortic dissection are entirely different entities

Wells and Sun describe a 78-year-old man with a ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm.1 Many of the teaching points made are incorrect. The ruptured aneurysm described is caused by the same pathological ...
Nasdaq

Medtronic Begins Real-World Post-Market Study of the Valiant Navion Thoracic Stent Graft System in Patients with Thoracic Aortic Dissection

Global “DISSECT-N” Post-Market Study to Broaden Evidence Base for Safety and Effectiveness of Commercially Available Endovascular Repair Technology “Thoracic aortic dissection is dangerous, with some ...