A 28-year-old Michigan father survived a life-threatening aortic dissection after a second ER visit uncovered the emergency.

John Ritter's family touts early detection to protect against aortic disease that claimed his life.

John Ritter's widow, Amy Yasbeck, is opening up about the actor's final hours more than two decades after his death. In September 2003, Ritter died at the age of 54 after suffering an acute aortic ...

For generations, something troubling seemed to plague the men in John Ritter’s bloodline. “We always heard, ‘Oh those Ritters die of their first and last heart attack,’ ” Amy Yasbeck, the beloved ...

An aortic dissection—a tear in the inner layer of the main artery—is a life-threatening emergency. It can happen with little warning, as apparently was the case with U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham. His ...

An aortic dissection can happen suddenly, even though the vulnerability behind it may have been developing for years. The condition was identified in connection with the death of Sen. Lindsey Graham ...

Aortic dissection has made headlines in recent years, but it remains a rare and life-threatening medical emergency. It killed actor John Ritter, “Growing Pains” star Alan Thicke, and, more recently, U ...

A preliminary exam found U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham died from an aortic dissection. It’s a tear in the inner lining of the aorta — the largest artery in the body — but it isn’t always fatal. Dr. Michael ...

Liz covers cardiovascular and metabolic disease, asking why we’re not doing better or even losing ground against the world’s leading killer. Send tips on Signal at LizC.22. Sen. Lindsey Graham’s death ...

Senator Lindsey Graham's sudden death has understandably focused public attention on a rare but devastating cardiovascular emergency. Yet beneath the headlines lies an opportunity to correct one of ...

NPR's A Martinez speaks with American Heart Association's volunteer president Dr. Manesh Patel about aortic dissection, the preliminary finding of what led to Sen. Lindsey Graham's death. Preliminary ...

Sen. Lindsey Graham's sudden death has thrown new attention on a rare but often deadly cardiovascular emergency known as aortic dissection. The cause of death was identified as an aortic dissection ...