Hello everyone! I’m Alvaro, and welcome back to Topic Tuesday. Today we’re going to tackle a question that many patients ask about aortic disease: “🔎 How Do We See Aortic Disease?” The aorta is the largest artery in the human body, but we cannot diagnose most aortic diseases simply by looking at the patient. Aortic aneurysms, dissections, intramural hematomas, and other aortic conditions can develop silently, sometimes without producing any symptoms until a life-threatening

Welcome everyone to Medical monday, my name is Alvaro and today, we’re going to dive into and debunk a common myth in aortic disease: “If you have a dissection in your abdominal aorta, you will never have one in your thoracic aorta.” But is that really true? Let’s take a closer look at the case, the evidence, and what happens to the aorta beyond the segment where the dissection was first diagnosed. For patients living with aortic disease, it can be tempting to think of the ao

The Vascular Surgeon's Role in Aortic Disease Hello everyone! I hope you are all doing well. My name is Alvaro, and today we're discussing the vital role vascular surgeons play in the management of aortic disease. When people hear the term aortic dissection, they often imagine emergency open-heart surgery. While this is true for many Type A dissections, the management of Type B dissections, toracoabdominal aneurysm and abdominal aortic aneurysm are very different and frequen

Hello, everyone! I hope you are all doing well. My name is Alvaro, and today our discussion focuses on thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA). This condition occurs when a segment of the aorta within the chest becomes weakened and abnormally dilated. If left untreated, this area can continue to expand over time, potentially leading to a life-threatening rupture or dissection. What is a Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm? A thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) is a condition in which a segment of the

Have you visited Aortic Hope's YouTube AHTV? 🎥 Check out the AHTV Live Q&A with Dr. Adham Ahmed and Carin Andersen, where we’ll dive into an important and often confusing topic: 💬 Who’s on your Aortic Team? We’ll break down: 🫀 What a hypertension specialist does 👩‍⚕️ The difference between a primary care physician and a cardiologist 🔪 Cardiothoracic vs. vascular surgeons — who does what and when 🤝 How all these clinicians work together to support you through diagnosis,