The aorta is the main blood vessel that carries oxygen-filled blood from the heart to the rest of the body. It extends from the chest to the abdomen, where it branches (bifurcates) into the iliac ...

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, ...

Uncontrolled hypertension is frequently present at the time of aortic dissection. Syncope from sudden hypotension can occur. When the carotid arteries are involved stroke symptoms may occur.

In a multicenter, retrospective review of patients admitted with intact and ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs), ...

2). A large fusiform aneurysm was found, beginning just distal to the aortic valve and ending just proximal to the innominate artery. The arch was slightly dilated, and the left subclavian artery ...

A catheter is typically inserted in into a femoral artery in the groin and advanced up into the aorta. Ideal positioning of ...

A single stent diameter accommodates aortic luminal diameters ranging from ... visceral, and renal arteries. In the scenario of persistent malperfusion owing to a dissection flap into or a reentry ...