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 ...

Ascending aortic dissections are a surgical emergency. Without surgery, mortality rates within 2 weeks approach 80%. The longer the delay to surgical repair, the higher the mortality. Medical ...

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 ...

Here, we aim to examine the indications for surgical intervention on the dilated aorta, particularly the ascending segment ... by Cooley and DeBakey in 1955. 2 In the wake of this development ...

1–4 The present case represents a notable exception in that an aneurysm of the ascending ... (Fig. 2). A large fusiform aneurysm was found, beginning just distal to the aortic valve and ending ...

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, ...