Acute aortic dissection: All about this critical life-threatening disorder of the heart
CT scan of the aorta shows the exact nature of the tear and the extent of the pathology and the organs involved. When aortic ...
CBC.ca24d
'I just had minutes left to live': Little known condition almost kills P.E.I. woman
Finally a CT scan revealed an aortic dissection, a condition most common with enlarged aortas where the different layers of the body's main artery begin to come apart. She was airlifted to ...
Irish Examiner on MSN15d
Man died after heart condition was initially misdiagnosed at CUH, inquest hears
Patrick Murphy, 34, a chemical engineer with a PhD and father of a 17-month-old son, from Glanmire, Cork, suffered sudden and ...
RTE Online16d
Inquest hears broken CT scanner and delays led to man's death at CUH
A widow has told an inquest that her husband went to Cork University Hospital with agonising chest pain, spent hours sitting ...
Too Old to Operate21d
Factors Influencing AAo Dilatation After TAVI in Bicuspid Aortic Stenosis
The following is a summary of “Incidence and predictors of continued ascending aortic dilatation after TAVI in patients with ...
Roscommon Herald14d
Family of man who died after spending nine hours on chair in Cork hospital says lessons must be learned
Cork chemical engineer Pat Murphy died of an aortic dissection on September 3rd, 2021 at CUH having been misdiagnosed with a ...
Irish Examiner on MSN14d
CUH should 'urgently' move to electronic record system, inquest recommends
A broken CT scanner, early misdiagnosis, and staff shortages all impacted the care of Dr Patrick Murphy, 34, from Glanmire, ...
Western People14d
Family of man who died from tear in artery call for increased awareness of deadly condition
The widow of a 34-year-old man who waited nine hours to see a doctor at a Cork hospital having suffered a tear in his aorta, ...