A ruptured ascending aortic aneurysm -- the reported cause of death of American soccer writer Grant Wahl -- is a rare but deadly medical condition. "Grant died from the rupture of a slowly growing, ...

Your aorta is a tube-like structure that resembles a candy cane. The thoracoabdominal aorta starts after the curve of the cane and extends past the arteries that deliver blood to the stomach, ...

Renowned soccer writer and Kansas City native Grant Wahl, who died last week while covering the World Cup in Qatar, had an ascending aortic aneurysm, his wife said Wednesday. Wahl’s wife, Dr. Celine ...