Aortic dissection is an often fatal but treatable heart condition, and a surgeon with Jefferson Health hopes more people can act if they know what to look out for. The sudden death Saturday of Sen.

Preliminary medical examiner's findings suggest Sen. Lindsey Graham died suddenly Saturday after suffering an aortic ...

A Texas surgeon explains the condition believed to have killed U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, and the steps you should take to ...

Anterior neck swellings are commonly due to an enlarged thyroid gland, thyroglossal cyst or lymphadenopathy. Vascular causes ...

Preliminary findings indicate an aortic dissection caused the sudden death of Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a rare but ...

Lindsey Graham's aorta tore at 71. Grant Wahl's burst at 49. One is common and age-driven; the other is inherited, silent, and findable.

The aorta, also known as the main artery, is now categorized as an independent human organ. This has now been established in the guidelines for aortic surgical treatments of the European Association ...

Sports reporter Grant Wahl died of a rupture of an ascending aortic aneurysm with hemopericardium – an accumulation of blood in the sac around his heart – his wife, Dr. Céline Gounder announced on ...

ANY artery in the body has the potential of dilating abnormally if weakness develops in the artery wall. If this dilatation is of significant degree, the lesion is described as an aneurysm. If the ...