This is an emergency, Conner said. About 50% of people who have an aortic dissection die at home. Of the other 50% who make ...

Finally Figures 13 & 14 demonstrate the cMRI of a rare vascular ring; a right aortic arch with an aberrant innominate artery. The ring is formed by the pulmonary arteries anteriorly, the right ...

The left subclavian artery receives oxygenated blood from the aortic arch (the top portion of the largest artery in the body that carries blood away from the heart). The right subclavian artery ...

via the coronary arteries, originates. 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 ...

Uncontrolled hypertension is frequently present at the time of descending aortic dissection. Rarely, spinal ischemia from compromise of the intercostal arteries can occur causing paraplegia that ...

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 ...

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 ...