Finally Figures 13 & 14 demonstrate the cMRI of a rare vascular ring; a right aortic arch with an aberrant innominate artery. The ring is formed by the pulmonary arteries anteriorly, the right ...

via the coronary arteries, originates. 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 ...

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

The dorsal aorta is a continuous vessel in embryo, bent to form a series of aortic arches. 1st bend = 1st aortic arch When the pharyngeal arches develop, cross links are formed between the dorsal and ...

Uncontrolled hypertension is frequently present at the time of descending aortic dissection. Rarely, spinal ischemia from compromise of the intercostal arteries can occur causing paraplegia that ...

The thoracoabdominal aorta starts after the curve of the cane and extends past the arteries that deliver blood to the stomach, intestines and kidneys. An aneurysm refers to ballooning out of the aorta ...

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 cavity. We wanted to understand why it is always these ...