GREENVILLE, N.C (WNCT)- ECU Health held its first-annual Aortic Dissection Awareness Day during Aortic Disease Awareness Month. The event aimed to educate health professionals, as well as, patients at ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — ECU Health is bringing awareness to Aortic Diseases at their Heart Institution. This is a rare condition that not many people think about. The event is to bring people ...

EYEWITNESS NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — An aortic dissection can be a catastrophic condition in which a tear occurs in the aorta, the body’s main artery. It can affect anyone, at any age, and could be deadly.

Meredith Ford O'Neal shows a prominent vertical scar on her chest proudly. "There are so many people here that led me to having this scar," O'Neal said. "I have this gorgeous scar that I wear as a ...