When Your Symptoms Are Ignored or Misdiagnosed. Many of the aortic dissection survivors in our community were lucky enough to go to a hospital where emergency physicians recognized their symptoms or connected the dots when hearing about their family medical history and ordered a life-saving CT scan. Unfortunately, there are many community members who had a very different experience. Some spent hours waiting in the emergency room, others were actually sent home. The worst stor

It's Think Aorta Thursday at Aortic Hope. Would you like to participate in the #ThinkAortaThinkFamily Patient Success Story campaign? They are seeking families that shared their medical history with each other and their physicians and also have had their families tested (genetic or diagnostic). If you have done so, please help us share your story by filling out this form.

It's Think Aorta Thursday at Aortic Hope. Would you like to participate in the #ThinkAortaThinkFamily Patient Success Story campaign? They are on the look out for families that shared their medical history with each other and their physicians and also have had their families tested (genetic or diagnostic). If you have done so, please help us share your story by filling out this form.

Today we have a Patient Success Story from our friends at Think Aorta US. The Think Aorta Think Family initiative presents Robert Glass and his family. Robert is also a board member for Think Aorta US, helping spread the message to "Think Aorta" to all the world. Read his story below! "Following 2 heart valve operations in 1988 and a repair of my Mitral valve in 2002 I learned around 2015 I had aquired a growing aneurysm likely a result of having a bi cuspid valve .I didn’t t

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Today is Think Aorta Thursday and Aortic Disease Awareness Month with Aortic Hope. Aortic Hope is proud to support the non-profit organization Think Aorta US. Think Aorta US is focused on spreading the mission of Think Aorta (UK & Ireland). In addition to Aortic Hope, the following have endorsed this life-saving campaign: -American College of Emergency Physicians -Society for Vascular Surgery -Society of Thoracic Surgeons -Eastern Cardiothoracic Surgical Society -Eastern Vasc

🎉 We are excited to launch our 𝑷𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝑷𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 🎉 ❤️ These 𝑷𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒔...

Today is Think Aorta Success Story Thursday at Aortic Hope. ❤️If you are part of the Aortic Disease community then you should understand the importance of taking the time to #thinkaortathinkfamily 👉If you have had the important conversation with immediate family and your physician about your family medical history, then Think Aorta US wants to hear from YOU. ❤️Please consider sharing with the community how this conversation went for you and your loved ones. Share how ever

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🎉SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT 🎉 From our friends at Think Aorta US: "We are excited to share our next family in the community connection part of Think Aorta Think Family. Next up is a video from Aortic Dissection Survivor and President of Aortic Hope, Carin Andersen. Carin shares information about how through her work with Aortic Hope, she learned the importance of knowing your full family medical history and sharing it with her family and physicians. She was successful in having

Today is Shout it Out Sunday at Aortic Hope. ❤️ If you love our work then tell the world! Stories about us from people like you will help...

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Today is Think Aorta Success Story Thursday at Aortic Hope. ❤️If you are part of the Aortic Disease community then you should understand the importance of taking the time to #thinkaortathinkfamily 👉If you have had the important conversation with immediate family and your physician about your family medical history, then Think Aorta US wants to hear from YOU. ❤️Please consider sharing with the community how this conversation went for you and your loved ones. Share how every

🎉SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT 🎉 From our friends at Think Aorta US: "We are excited to launch the community connection part of Think Aorta Think Family. Kicking us off is a video from Aortic Dissection Survivor Karin Bertozzi who shares information about how her family took the important, necessary steps necessary to #ThinkAortaThinkFamily. They had the hard conversations and follow-through to make sure everyone was ok. You can check out her video here. *They are looking for oth

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Today is Think Aorta Thursday at Aortic Hope! 🩺 Dr. Benjamin Youdelman, a Founder of Aortic Bridge and board member of the non-profit Think Aorta US, does a brilliant job of summarizing what Think Aorta US does but more importantly, the patient base it represents. 📰 This article was originally written in 2020 just before the pandemic started however, rings very true still today. 🤔 Takeaway that the idea behind Think Aorta, Think Family represents many things. ☝️ First and

Aortic Hope fully supports Think Aorta US and their efforts collaborating with Think Aorta (UK/Ireland) and the rest of the WORLD! THINK AORTA... It's simple and easy to remember. Aortic Disease is more common than you think! 2022 is the year of community and collaboration. We (a patient-led organization), are looking forward to working with this GLOBAL movement and help it CONTINUE to grow, and save lives by educating the medical community about why it is so important to THI

Today is Mended Hearts Monday at Aortic Hope! Aortic Hope and Mended Hearts are proud to announce our continued collaboration to increase...

Come join Aortic Hope on the Think AortaUS YouTube channel as they participate in the Global THINK AORTA Meet-Up for Aortic Disease Awareness Day/Month. Meet the entire team as they help Brazil launch their campaign, learn about the upcoming launch taking place in Spain and Catalunya, hear from other non-profit organizations in the US and how they "Think Aorta" and finally, learn how you can get involved in proactive initiatives that Think Aorta aims to achieve. Register HERE