Bob Lowth Ford General Manager Todd Moudry had long been in good health, so when he was diagnosed with an ascending aortic ...

The annual growth rate of patients with ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm is slow, typically on the order of 0.25–1.0 mm/y. Thus, in asymptomatic patients without concerning clinical features, ...

is reserved for patients with an ascending aortic aneurysm ≥55 mm. Identification of additional risk predictors is warranted since over 70% of patients presenting with ATAAD have a non-dilated aorta ...

Acute dissection of the ascending aorta is a highly lethal event ... A history of hypertension, known thoracic aortic aneurysm, or characteristics of Marfan's syndrome should alert the physician to ...

Echocardiographic artifacts yield a significant number of false positive results, particularly in the ascending ... Development of an aneurysm (saccular or fusiform) indicates a progressive weakening ...

Mildly to moderately dilated ascending aorta showed a generally slow progression over 6 years in this general population–based study. A higher 7-day home measured systolic blood pressure (BP ...

THE complications of aneurysm of the abdominal aorta have frequently been discussed, but sudden occlusion has not been included among them. Spontaneous rupture into the retroperitoneal space ...