Researchers have discovered a genetic mutation that can cause dissection of the thoracic aorta, which is the body’s main artery. The mutation leads to an impaired function of the smooth muscle cells ...

Patients who have an error in the gene known as LOX—shorthand for lysyl oxidase, the enzyme it encodes—are particularly prone to thoracic aortic aneurysm and ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the neck pain began, Amani Odom placed a warm compress on it to soothe her muscles. Soon a jolt of pain “shot straight to ...

This is an illustration of an aortic dissection in the length axis (figure A) and in a cross section (figure B). Aortic dissection is caused when a sudden rupture in the inner wall of the vessel ...

When the neck pain began, Amani Odom placed a warm compress on it to soothe her muscles. Soon a jolt of pain “shot straight to (her) chest.” “I immediately shot out of bed and was gasping for air and ...