A CT scan provides valuable information about your aorta, such as the location and size of an aneurysm or dissection. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) is ...

Recent research from Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences (KL Krems) provides important new insights into how ...

Doctors also discovered she had pneumonia. The CT scan revealed Earlie Smith experienced aortic dissection near the top part of her aorta. The aorta is shaped like a question mark that starts ...

If you are at risk for developing an aneurysm, your physician may recommend periodic checks, which could include a physical exam and possibly a CT scan or ultrasound. In this approach, surgery is ...

Chest x-ray can show mediastinal widening and/or an abnormal aortic contour. Computed tomography (CT) is the definitive diagnostic modality and has a sensitivity approaching 100%. Transesophageal ...

The diagnosis of an ascending aortic aneurysm is best made on CT angiography or MR angiography. Echocardiography can visualized the proximal portion of the aorta, however not the aortic arch and ...

Patients with predominantly cranial vs isolated extracranial GCA phenotypes present with different patterns of arterial involvement on 18F-FDG PET-CT scans.

The management of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has recently evolved and is highly dependent on its staging, molecular characteristics, and patient condition. The preoperative stage of NSCLC ...