A coronary artery dissection is a serious heart condition that requires emergency treatment. This condition happens when one of the arteries in the heart develops a tear in its inner lining — one of ...

The aorta is a major blood vessel carrying blood from the heart to the rest of the body. As the heart pumps blood, it first enters the aorta and is then delivered via connecting vessels to the rest of ...

At another table, a student gasps, as she first lays eyes on the intricate tree branch-like patterns of the heart muscles. As the 3 1/2 hour lab comes to a close, Mandalaywala and others provide in ...

HOUSTON – Aortic dissection is a rare but catastrophic disorder. According to one Memorial Hermann surgeon, aortic dissection runs in families about 20% of the time. The condition is when the wall of ...

An unexpected tear in a heart artery wall is called a Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD), and when it occurs, blood pools between the inner and outer layers of the artery. The trapped blood ...

Heart condition also took the life of TV star John Ritter in 2003. Dec. 14, 2010— -- A man powerful enough to end a war died Tuesday of a tiny tear close to his heart. Special Envoy to Pakistan ...

Ever wondered the how organs in your body actually work? Well here’s your chance to find out how. A team of anatomists from University of Bristol’s Centre for Applied Anatomy will be dissecting a ...

Fleming, originally from Kerry, was an active and healthy man with no underlying health issues. So when he died unexpectedly in 2015, aged 69, his family was distraught. Married to Kathleen, the ...

It wasn’t a typical anatomy lab. The small group of people gathered around a table at Southwest Minnesota State University ...

Parkland High School 10th-grader Steve Peters cut open the frog’s underside and began fingering the mud-brown liver, pale cream-colored heart and reddish-brown lungs and kidneys. “I think we’re ...