A new study highlights the 'diagnostic pitfalls' behind missed aortic dissection, the condition that killed Canadian actor Alan Thicke ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Alan Thicke's death certificate states the actor died of a ruptured aorta. Thicke's death certificate was released Wednesday, two days after the actor was buried in a Santa Barbara ...

LOS ANGELES - Alan Thicke died after his aorta artery tore then ruptured last week, according to his death certificate released Wednesday. The details emerged after the "Growing Pains" star died Dec.

ANY artery in the body has the potential of dilating abnormally if weakness develops in the artery wall. If this dilatation is of significant degree, the lesion is described as an aneurysm. If the ...

ONE hundred and ninety saddle emboli at the aortic bifurcation have been reported to date. To these we are adding 3 cases, making a total of 193. Two of our 3 patients were treated by embolectomy, and ...

The effect of the ascending aortic pressure waveform on the risk of coronary artery disease in men and women analyzed separately has not been reported. No study so far has analyzed the relation ...

Thicke's cause of death was determined by a doctor and no autopsy was performed. By Associated Press Alan Thicke died after his aorta artery tore then ruptured last week, according to his death ...