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 ...

The 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, ...

A circumflex RAA also causes a vascular ring, by echo showing RAA branching pattern and a thoracic descending aorta ... At the junction between the ascending aorta and the transverse arch there ...

Here, we aim to examine the indications for surgical intervention on the dilated aorta, particularly the ascending segment. Studies of the natural history of ascending aortic aneurysms indicate ...

While ascending aortic dissection is a surgical emergency, a descending aortic dissection can be treated medically in most cases. There are two classification systems used to describe thoracic ...