Tag Philippe Demers

Occurring more frequently than ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm, aortic dissection is the most common catastrophe involving the aorta. Because major aortic branch occlusion can complicate the clinical presentation of patients with acute dissection and thus mimic many other acute medical…

Acute aortic dissection is one of the most common catastrophes involving the aorta. Dissection of the aorta is characterized by the separation of the aortic media by pulsatile blood, with variable extents of proximal and distal extension along the aorta…