When the neck pain began, Amani Odom placed a warm compress on it to soothe her muscles. Soon a jolt of pain “shot straight to (her) chest.” “I immediately shot out of bed and was gasping for air and ...

This is an illustration of an aortic dissection in the length axis (figure A) and in a cross section (figure B). Aortic dissection is caused when a sudden rupture in the inner wall of the vessel ...