It was revealed this week that Lindsey Graham, a prominent South Carolina senator, likely died of an aortic dissection. Aortic dissections are relatively uncommon compared to other cardiovascular ...

Initial indications from the District of Columbia Medical Examiner’s Office are that Sen. Lindsey Graham died suddenly on ...

Cross-sectional area compliance (CC) and distensibility (DC) in the ascending and descending aorta and the average pulse wave velocity (PWV) along the descending section of the thoracic aorta were ...

Sen. Lindsey Graham died at 71 of an aortic dissection due to arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease. An ER doctor explains ...

Fact checked by Jennifer KlumpLongtime Republican Senator Lindsey Graham died after a “brief and sudden illness” on Jul. 11 ...

The aorta originates from the left ventricle of the heart. It ends in the abdomen where it branches into the two common iliac arteries. The aorta has five separate segments. The descending aorta ...

The purpose was to review outcome data following endovascular repair of the descending thoracic aorta from reports published between 1994 and 2004. To accomplish this task, 1,518 patients underwent ...

Thoracic aortic dissection occurs when the intima of the aorta becomes compromised and “tears” or “dissects” a new layer that fills with blood between the intima and the media. This “false lumen” can ...

Graham’s sudden death from an aortic dissection has drawn attention to a rare but often deadly cardiovascular emergency that ...

The natural history of penetrating atherosclerotic ulcers (PAUs) of the descending thoracic aorta remains unclear. Between January 1996 and June 2000, PAU was diagnosed in 36 patients (16 men, 20 ...