Aortic Dissection: Still the Great Masquerader - Medscape The classic patient at risk has the same risk factors as those for coronary artery disease, especially hypertension, and the patient typically presents quite hypertensive with pulse deficits and
Bicuspid Aortic Valves Increase Risk of Aortic Dissection September 13, 2011 (Rochester, Minnesota) — The most common congenital heart defect, bicuspid aortic valve, significantly increases the long-term risk of aortic dissection but does not appear to
Aortic Dissection and Marfans Have Common Genetic Basis A long-suspected link between Marfan syndrome and sporadic thoracic aortic aneurysms aortic dissections has been confirmed in a new genomewide-association study The findings will have