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 ...

While ascending aortic dissection is a surgical emergency, a descending aortic dissection can be treated medically in most cases. Type I: Dissection originating in the ascending aorta extending a ...

An ascending aortic aneurysm occurs when ... however not the aortic arch and only minimal portions of the descending thoracic aorta. Transesophageal echocardiography is also accurate and can ...

Sex differences in the risk factors, diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes of patients with cardiovascular disease have been ...

Debra Reals still remembers lying on a gurney with her father and sister at her side as trauma surgeons explained the ...

A thoracic aortic aneurysm involves the ascending aorta, arch, or descending aorta. Aortic aneurysms are the 13th leading cause of death in the United States. They cause an estimated 15,000 to ...

A tear that occurs along the upward arc, or ascending portion ... if someone has an uncomplicated tear in the descending part of their aorta and minimal cardiovascular risks, they may work ...