Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is used to detect high-risk cardiac sources of cerebral embolism that could cause stroke, but it has limited diagnostic accuracy. Harloff et al. proposed and ...
Atlantic Health System’s Morristown (N.J.) Medical Center announced Nov. 16 the enrollment of the first patient into the Progress clinical trial, which may change the standard of care for aortic ...
First-generation dual-source photon-counting detector CT (PCD-CT) enables high-quality aortoiliac imaging using minimal iodine contrast (total iodine dose, 9.5-9.8 g) at 40 keV, significantly ...
The University of Liverpool, in collaboration with Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH), has launched a new global biobank dedicated to ...
An aortic dissection happens when tears appear in the inner lining of the aorta, which is the main artery leaving the heart. Blood surges into the tears, causing the aorta lining to split, or dissect.