Predicting an individual's risk of ischemic stroke is difficult because thrombosis embolization—the process of a blood clot detaching from the area where it formed, traveling and then sticking in ...

Cardiovascular risk factors are linked to a higher risk of heart disease, but it has been unknown how they are related to abrupt closure of the coronary arteries leading to heart attack and sudden ...

A large U.S. analysis found a link between PMOS (formerly PCOS) and a "significantly higher" risk of cardiovascular events like heart attack and stroke.

This article examines the risk factors, clinical presentation, and management strategies for patients with aortic dissection, the cause of the death of Sen Lindsey Graham.

When the body’s most important blood vessel tears from the inside, it’s a medical emergency that can be years in the making.

(WFXR)- Following the sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, WFXR News spoke with LewisGale Hospital Montgomery chief of staff ...

The sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham has drawn national attention to a rare but life-threatening medical emergency.

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 ...

President claims late senator’s aortic dissection wasn’t caused by artery blockage but ‘a totally different thing’ ...

Fact checked by Jennifer Klump Longtime Republican Senator Lindsey Graham died after a “brief and sudden illness” on Jul. 11 ...

What is an aortic dissection? The condition that claimed Sen. Lindsey Graham's life develops silently — and often without ...

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.