Computed tomography revealed a huge dilated tortuous aortic arch. Transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated aortic valve dilation, aneurysmal dilation of the ascending aorta with a high aortic ...

A previously described automatic vascular analysis software was used to generate centerline graphs from the aorta to the intracranial occlusion ... based on six vascular tortuosity descriptors of the ...

Morphometric measurements, including measurements of segmental length and tortuosity, were performed on three-dimensional models of the thoracic aorta. Results The length of the thoracic aorta was ...

A CT scan (3D reconstruction of the heart and airways) revealed four tortuous and malformed arterial vessels branching from the descending aorta entering the dorsal segment of the left lower lung. A ...

The high degree of tortuosity of the vasa vasorum has several effects ... and fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD), commonly report dissections in the aorta, coronaries, and/or cervical arteries. Pathogenic ...

Branches off directly from the arch of the aorta (as it travels down to supply oxygenated blood to the upper body) Passes between the anterior and middle scalene muscles (located in the neck) Ends at ...