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Aortic Dissection Learning Center

Treatments could include:
Type A aortic dissections require surgery to repair the aorta. Type B aortic dissections may be treated with medication.
Source:ADAM
Date:December 12, 2008
Because of the potentially fatal nature of aortic dissection, patients are treated immediately. Drugs are administered to reduce the blood pressure and heart rate. If the dissection is small, drug therapy alone may be used. In other cases, surgery...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Aortic valve replacement is the insertion of a mechanical or tissue valve in place of the diseased native aortic valve.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
Blood flows out of your heart and into the aorta through a valve. This valve is called the aortic valve. It opens up so blood can flow out. It then closes, keeping blood from flowing backwards. Aortic valve surgery is done to either repair or repl...
Source:ADAM
Date:March 13, 2009
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