📚❤️ LOVE A GOOD BOOK? We’ve got something for you! For #AorticDiseaseAwarenessMonth, take a look at Aortic Hope’s Reading Resources—a collection created with our community in mind. https://www.aortichope.org/post/reading-resources-by-the-community-for-the-community And this isn’t just a list of medical books! 📖 Poetry that puts the emotions of this journey into words. ❤️ Memoirs & personal stories from people who have lived it. 🫀 Patient guides that help make aortic diseas

❤️ WHEN YOU HAVE IT, YOU GET IT. For this year’s Aortic Dissection Awareness Week (ADAW) Collaboration, we’re proud to share the TV awareness spots featuring Carin and Terri. Both Carin and Terri survived aortic dissections and more. But the missions of Aortic Hope and @ThinkAortaUS go far beyond surviving a dissection. Our shared goal is to help people THINK AORTA. THINK FAMILY. Because the best dissection is the one we can help prevent. Knowing your family history, recogniz

🫀❤️ iT'S #AorticValveDiseaseAwarenessWeek and YOUR AORTIC VALVE MAY BE SMALL… BUT IT HAS A BIG JOB! Your aortic valve controls blood flow from your heart into your aorta and out to your body. When it becomes too narrow (aortic stenosis) or doesn’t close properly (aortic regurgitation), your heart may have to work harder. Some people are also born with a bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) instead of the typical three-leaflet valve—and BAV can also be associated with disease of the a

🫀📚 **WAIT… WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?!** 😳 Aortic disease comes with a LOT more than a diagnosis. It comes with words. **Aneurysm. Dissection. TAA. AAA. CTA. MRA. TEE. Intramural hematoma. Aortic root. False lumen. Graft. Hypothermic circulatory arrest…** 🤯 And sometimes it feels like your doctor is speaking an entirely different language. You’re sitting there trying to process the diagnosis, the scans, the treatment plan, the medications, the next appointment… while your brain

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Carin Sue Andersen, Terri Cook and Robb Seltzer exhibiting and representing Aortic Hope and Think Aorta US at the #FloridaAorta2024...

From our friends at ArticHope.org We are very excited to feature a truly incredible story of survival from Mark Ragucci, DO Mark, who is...

Aortic Dissection Plagues Family Members Around Same Age New study suggests patients with family history of structural heart problems...

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Do you believe that Aortic Dissections only happen to people that do not properly manage their health? The following survivor story shows...

One year ago I had an Aortic Dissection. Like many others I thought I was having a heart attack and so did the emergency room physicians....

Has someone in your family suffered from #AorticAneurysm or #AorticDisease ? Has your family been tested? If so please help us share your...

Understanding the complexity of an Aortic Dissection can be difficult. Often, seeing rather reading is helpful. The following link is to...

Think Aorta is making the unstoppable March around the world. Growing organically. Another patient, another family member, another...