What Is an Aortic Dissection? Symptoms, Causes and Risk Factors of ‘Scary’ Condition that Killed Lindsey Graham

What is an aortic dissection?

On Saturday night, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., died of an aortic dissection — a rip in the aorta, the main artery carrying blood from the heart to the rest of...

What is an aortic dissection? Symptoms, causes and risk factors of ‘scary’ condition that killed Lindsey Graham

Senator Lindsey Graham passed away at 71 due to an aortic dissection, which results from a rupture in the aorta's inner layer.

What is an aortic tear? The heart condition linked to Lindsey Graham’s death

The tear in the inner wall of the aorta, called an aortic dissection, was related to the hardening of Graham's arteries