The aorta continues on down to the descending aorta that further supplies blood to the rest of your body. An ascending or aortic arch aneurysm refers to ballooning out of the aorta which causes aortic ...

An ascending aortic aneurysm occurs when the aortic wall becomes weakened and enlarges. Many causes exist including atherosclerosis, hypertension and connective tissue disorders. There are no ...

Patients who have been diagnosed with an aneurysm or dissection of the aortic arch are typically candidates for Total Aortic Arch Replacement. Other conditions that may require aortic arch replacement ...

[12] Ultimately, cMRI is used extensively in the postoperative ­coarctation patient for evaluation of residual coarctation, aneurysm formation, aortic arch hypoplasia, ventricular function ...

These so-called aortic aneurysms typically form in the same sites of the large blood vessel: either on the upper arch or in the abdominal ... modified mice without aneurysm with that of mice ...