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Aortic Dissection Patient Association Reports Great Progress Despite Covid-19
Aortic Dissection Awareness UK & Ireland, the national patient association for people affected by Aortic Dissection, today published its Annual Report & Accounts for the year ending 5th April 2020. The Association, which now numbers over 500 members, reports...
Widow of legendary American actor John Ritter to speak at national Aortic Dissection awareness event
BHF Cardiovascular Research Centre to host Aortic Dissection Awareness Day UK 2019
National patient association Aortic Dissection Awareness UK & Ireland has announced that the fourth annual Aortic Dissection Awareness Day UK, on 19th September 2019, will be hosted by the British Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Research Centre at the University...
New Aortic Dissection educational film
Statistics show that a diagnosis of Aortic Dissection is considered in only half of the patients who present with this fatal condition. One-third of patients with an Aortic Dissection are actively treated in Emergency Medicine for an incorrect diagnosis such as a...
NICE!
Aortic Dissection Awareness UKI is delighted to have been accepted as a “Stakeholder” within the NICE review process, on 23 April 2019. NICE, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, is the body which produces Clinical Guidelines and Advice for use in...
Emergency doctors urged to ‘Think Aorta
http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?id=26409
Patients campaign to save lives by improving the diagnosis of aortic dissection
https://scts.org/think-aorta-campaign/
Conference to discuss ways to learn from medical misadventures
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/conference-to-discuss-ways-to-learn-from-medical-misadventures-1.3213384