Imaging is important in the diagnosis of aortic arch disease. Echocardiography is the test of choice. It possess minimal risk, can be performed at the bedside without sedation and provides a complete ...

The aortic arch is the portion of the main artery that bends between the ascending and descending aorta. It leaves the heart and ascends, then descends back to create the arch. The aorta distributes ...

Interrupted aortic arch (IAA) is a serious congenital heart anomaly, often associated with other cardiac abnormalities which make its treatment complex. It is found, in at least one out of four cases, ...

Interrupted aortic arch (IAA) refers to a rare but very serious congenital heart defect in which there is a gap between the ascending and descending segments of the aorta, namely, in the arch of the ...

HERZLIA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Endospan, a pioneer in off-the-shelf, minimally invasive endovascular repair of Aortic Arch Disease comprising both aneurysms and dissections, today announced that it ...

An understanding of the anatomical variations of the aortic arch and its associated arteries is critical in both clinical practice and surgical planning. The aortic arch—responsible for distributing ...

A novel treatment developed by UCSF vascular surgeons has been used in a first-of-its-kind operation to repair a life-threatening aneurysm in the patient’s aortic arch, which carries blood from the ...

Your aorta is a tube-like structure that resembles a candy cane. The thoracoabdominal aorta starts after the curve of the cane and extends past the arteries that deliver blood to the stomach, ...

Oct. 21, 2003 -- Editor's Note: Surgeons have for the first time treated an aortic arch aneurysm with a branched stentgraft allowing a minimally invasive approach, according to a report in the October ...

RapidAI announced FDA clearance of Aortic Management, part of the company’s Rapid Aortic product, a clinical artificial ...