The aorta is the major artery that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body. Aortic dissection occurs when the inner layer of the aorta?s artery wall splits open (dissects). ... Aortic dissection can also start in the descending (distal) segment of the aorta.
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Aortic dissection - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aortic dissection is a tear in the wall of the aorta that causes blood to flow between the layers of the wall of the aorta and force the layers apart. Aortic dissection is a medical emergency and can...
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The aorta has different branches through which blood flows. An aortic dissection is classified as type A or B depending on where it begins and ends.
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An aortic dissection is a serious condition in which a tear develops in the inner layer of the aorta, the large blood vessel branching off the heart. Blood surges through this tear into the middle layer of the aorta, causing the inner and middle layers to separate (dissect).
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The Medscape Journal ... Allergy & Clinical Immunology ... Diabetes & Endocrinology...
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Aortic dissection is the most common catastrophe of the aorta, 2-3 times more common than rupture of the abdominal aorta. When left untreated, about 33% of patients die within the first 24 hours, and 50% die within 48 hours.
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Aortic dissection etiology involve many factors that are difficult to identify clearly. We report a 47-year-old man who underwent a Bentall operation with reattachment of bypass grafts for a dissecting aneurysm (DeBakey type II) 4 years after combined triple coronary artery bypass grafting and mitral valve replacement.
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Without treatment, about 75% of people who have an aortic dissection die within the first 2 weeks. With treatment, about 70% who have dissection of the first part of the aorta and about 90% of those who have dissection of the aorta farther from the heart survive to leave the hospital.
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The split may extend throughout the entire length of the aorta. The dissection plane may re-enter the normal channel and lead to no significant problems. Usually, however, aortic dissection leads to significant disruption of the aorta and often death results.
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