Your aorta is a tube-like structure that resembles a candy cane. The ascending aorta forms the beginning or handle of the cane and originates at the aortic valve. The ascending aorta includes the ...
The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body. It leaves the heart and forms an arch. The arch’s downward portion, called the descending aorta, is connected to a network of arteries that supplies ...
Thoracic aortic dissection occurs when the intima of the aorta becomes compromised and “tears” or “dissects” a new layer that fills with blood between the intima and the media. This “false lumen” can ...
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.-- (BUSINESS WIRE)-- W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (Gore) today announced the first implant in conjunction with the Gore ARISE Study of the GORE ® Ascending Stent Graft, an ...
Many patients have the experience of being told for the first time by their physician: “You have an aneurysm of the ascending aorta.” Surprised and befuddled, their next questions become: “What is it?
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