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AORTIC DISSECTION

Synonyms:
Lack of blood circulation
Rapid sustained heartbeat
Easily fatigued

Types:
Cardiac

SYSTEMS AFECTED

Circulatory system
Muscular system
Respiratory system

Symptoms

See symptoms.

Treatments

Surgery

Specialist who treat it

Thoracic surgery

Aortic Dissection stories


TIMO, 48, SWEDEN, AD TYPE A, 2012


Having worked as CEO in companies in need of financial turnaround and as manager in projects concerning change management, my life has included a high level of blood pressure. Now, i can only regret that i did not visit doctors more often and that i ...

Views: 2275 Jul 4, 2018, 1:01 AM by Timo Söderlund

BUBBLE LIKE BURST


This is copied and pasted from a narrative I had posted on "Bill Maples Aortic and Brain Aneurysm and Support Group "website. Unfortunately it was taken down after the sites owner's death. He was a survivor himself. There was a section on his site de...

Views: 1348 Jan 6, 2016, 4:21 PM by JoAnna

BRIEF MEDICAL HISTORY


Hi.  This is my story in a nutshell. I was born in '64.  Uneventful childhood medically, except I had blood in my urine, asthma and allergies. Had hip replacement and in 2006.  Kidneys competely failed in 2007 due to IgA Nephrophy and...

Views: 1080 Jan 3, 2016, 6:32 PM by Curtis

AORTA DISSEKTION 2011


Strax efter sin 47:e födelsedag började Per Adolfsson att må riktigt dåligt. Han sökte läkarhjälp flera gånger utan att någon förstod vad som var fel. En vecka senare låg han på thorax...

Views: 1012 Jan 4, 2016, 12:00 PM by Per Adolfsson

LIEVE DAELEMANS-KOPP'S STORY


    My name is Lieve Kopp, age 64, living with my husband near Leuven, an old university town in Belgium. When having an AD problem it is useful to be close to a university hospital.On the first of February 2014 I suffered a B aortic diss...

Views: 892 Jan 8, 2016, 7:40 PM by Lieve Daelemans-Kopp

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AWARENESS DAY FOR AORTIC DISSECTION?


Is there a global awareness day for aortic dissection?

Views: 555 Jan 3, 2016, 2:18 PM by Timo Söderlund

HELP US FIND A NAMES FOR AN IMPORTANT PROJECT IN USA FOR PATIENTS AFFECTED BY AD TYPE B


The University of Washington, Department of Surgery, is running a project funded by PCORI in USA. It is engaging Patients with Type B Aortic Dissections as Partners in Patient-Centered Outcomes Research. This project now needs...

Views: 433 Oct 8, 2019, 10:34 PM by Timo Söderlund

SURVEY FOR ANYONE WITH TYPE B DISSECTION - OR TYPE B AND TYPE A AORTIC DISSECTION


Type B aortic dissection (TBAD) is a life-threatening condition that occurs when a tear in the descending thoracic aortic wall occurs creating a second false channel. Patients with TBAD face dramatically different options for ...

Views: 371 Jan 17, 2020, 12:32 AM by Timo Söderlund

COVID19 SURVEY FOR ANYONE IN ANY COUNTRY


IF you are a pateint, family member, caretaker or physician treating patients with, or at risk for, aortic dissection - please help researchers understand more about how patients with aortic dissections or their physicians or caretakers experience th...

Views: 263 Aug 12, 2020, 2:02 AM by Timo Söderlund

NEW 16 MINUTE WEBINAR EXPLAINING THE TYPE B AORTIC DISSECTION COLLABORATIVE PROJECT


Type B aortic dissection (TBAD) is a life-threatening condition that occurs when a tear in the descending thoracic aortic wall occurs creating a second false channel. Patients with TBAD face dramatically different options for care without strong evid...

Views: 239 Oct 10, 2019, 10:50 PM by Timo Söderlund

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