Celebrities who died from aortic dissection: 59 Photos
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Actor Alan Thicke, age 69, collapsed while playing hockey with his son at an ice rink. He died hours later at a California hospital. Thicke's death was caused by aortic dissection. Aortic dissection also killed actor John Ritter at age 54.
What caused the death of John Ritter? Ritter's official cause of death was an undetected aortic dissection, when the body's main artery, aka the aorta, tears. However, doctors initially thought the actor was experiencing a heart attack.
Although specific information about overall life expectancy after aortic dissection repair is not available, a recent study from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection reported that about 85% of patients who have undergone successful repair of acute dissection involving the ascending aorta remain alive ...
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- Geoff McQueen.
- Christopher Sclater Millard.
- Albert Mol.
- Douglas Morrow.
As many as 40 percent of people who suffer from an aortic dissection die almost instantly, and the risk of death increases by 3-4 percent every hour the condition is left untreated.
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