Medscape

Imaging of Aortic Arch Anomalies and Associated Findings

Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2012;10(12):1497-1516. A circumflex RAA also causes a vascular ring, by echo showing RAA branching pattern and a thoracic descending aorta in the left side of the ...
Healthline

Aortic arch

The aortic arch is the portion of the main artery that bends between the ascending and descending aorta. It leaves the heart and ascends, then descends back to create the arch. The aorta distributes ...
Nature

Anatomical Variations of the Aortic Arch and Associated Arteries

An understanding of the anatomical variations of the aortic arch and its associated arteries is critical in both clinical practice and surgical planning. The aortic arch—responsible for distributing ...
Baylor College of Medicine

Ascending and Arch Aortic Aneurysms and Dissection

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, ...
Baylor College of Medicine

Beveled Aortic Hemiarch Replacement

A beveled aortic hemiarch replacement is a surgical procedure to repair an aortic aneurysm or aortic dissection in the ascending aorta and arch of the aorta. This procedure involves removing the ...
TCTMD

Initial Experience of Chimney Technique in Case of Aortic Arch Pathologies Involving the Supra-Aortic Branches

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The New England Journal of Medicine

Primary Intraluminal Tumor of the Aorta Producing Malignant Hypertension — Successful Surgical Removal

PRIMARY intraluminal tumors of the aorta must be exceedingly rare. There is, to our knowledge, only 1 other case in the literature that resembles to any degree the case reported below. 1 Our patient ...
The New England Journal of Medicine

Giant-Cell Aortitis Causing an Aneurysm of the Ascending Aorta and Aortic Regurgitation

ANEURYSMS of the thoracic aorta may be of diverse etiology. Atherosclerosis, syphilis, medial degeneration, trauma and occasionally sepsis have been implicated. 1–4 The present case represents a ...
Healthline

Ascending Aortic Aneurysm

The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body. It leaves the heart and forms an arch. The arch’s downward portion, called the descending aorta, is connected to a network of arteries that supplies ...
UUHC Health Feed

Aortic Dissections

An aortic dissection is a tear in one of the layers of the aorta. The aorta is your body’s largest blood vessel. Your aorta is made up of three layers. When a hole or tear forms in one of these layers ...
Business Wire

First Implant Completed in Pivotal Study of GORE® TAG® Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (Gore) today announced the first implant of the GORE® TAG® Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis (TBE) in the pivotal study. The patient was ...