Welcome, everyone! I hope you're having a wonderful day. My name is Alvaro, and today we’re diving into aortic valve disease in honor of Aortic Disease Awareness Month! What is it? The aortic valve is one of the four valves of the heart. It sits between the left ventricle and the aorta, the main artery that carries oxygen-rich blood to the body. 🚪 THINK OF THE AORTIC VALVE AS A ONE-WAY DOOR ➡️ It opens to allow blood to leave the heart. ⬅️ It closes to prevent blood from flowing backward....

Hello everyone! I’m Alvaro, and welcome back to #AorticDiseaseAwarenessMonth. 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 aorta as separate...