Sentences with phrase «thoracic aortic dissection»

In Sweden, about 400 - 600 people per year are affected by thoracic aortic dissection, a number which is likely higher due to immediate and high mortality and the fact that the right diagnosis is never determined in many cases.

The researchers therefore recommend screening of close relatives to people affected by thoracic aortic dissection.

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Aortic dissection, or rupture, is the bursting of an aortic aneurysm and can occur both within the chest (thoracic) and in the abAortic dissection, or rupture, is the bursting of an aortic aneurysm and can occur both within the chest (thoracic) and in the abaortic aneurysm and can occur both within the chest (thoracic) and in the abdomen.

Thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection (TAAD), an enlargement or tearing of the walls of the aorta in the chest, is, together with abdominal aortic aneurysms, responsible for about 2 % of all deaths in Western countries.

Through genetic analysis of a family with a history of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection (TAAD), investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified mutations in the LOX gene, a gene associated with the integrity of the arterial wall, in human subjects for the first time.

Massive aggrecan and versican accumulation in thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection.