The ascending aorta continues upward to form the aortic arch, where the oxygenated blood supply to your head originates. The aorta continues on down to the descending aorta that further supplies blood ...

If you have an arch aneurysm, it is possible that you may also require bypass grafts to replace vessels that supply blood to your head. While repairing your aorta, your surgeon will inspect your ...

Vascular rings with left aortic arch (LAA ... At the junction between the ascending aorta and the transverse arch there is an acute angle, the isthmus is diffusely hypoplastic and usually the ...

Type I: Dissection originating in the ascending aorta extending a variable length frequently into the aortic arch and/or descending thoracic aorta Type II: Dissection originating in the ascending ...

They can involve the ascending aorta, aortic arch, thoracic descending aorta, and/or abdominal descending aorta. An extensive molecular characterization of 150 human thoracic aorta specimens ...

1–4 The present case represents a notable exception in that an aneurysm of the ascending aorta ... to the aortic valve and ending just proximal to the innominate artery. The arch was slightly ...

The diagnosis of an ascending aortic aneurysm is best made on CT angiography or MR angiography. Echocardiography can visualized the proximal portion of the aorta, however not the aortic arch and ...

Q: My brother was diagnosed with an aortic ... section after the arch of the aorta) are more common in older people who smoke ...

There are three types of aortic aneurysms. A thoracic aortic aneurysm involves the ascending aorta, arch, or descending aorta. Aortic aneurysms are the 13th leading cause of death in the United ...

aortic arch, ascending aorta, abdominal aorta and its branches, computerized tomography [CT] head and body imaging, intravenous digital subtraction angiography of the head, neck, abdominal ...