Molecular imaging can identify a potentially deadly blood vessel condition, research suggests

Friday, April 30, 2010 - 10:31 in Health & Medicine

Molecular imaging can help physicians identify aortic dissection -- an often fatal blood vessel condition -- and help guide treatment. Aortic dissection occurs when a tear in the wall of the aorta causes blood to flow between the layers of the wall of the aorta and force the layers apart.

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