The first 2 weeks after the onset of an aortic dissection is considered the acute stage, in which patients are highly vulnerable to life-threatening complications and death, particularly when the ...

Spontaneous dissections have been described in arteries throughout the body. The extracranial segments of the carotid and vertebral arteries are much more likely to undergo dissection than either ...

Arterial dissections involving arteries in the neck and head are being identified increasingly readily because of growing awareness of their clinical features, along with advances in imaging ...

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 ...