We identified 36 patients with a diagnosis of PAU involving the descending thoracic aorta. The diagnosis was made with CT in 27 patients (75%), MRI in 7 (19%), and aortography in 2 (6%). As shown ...

A 76-year-old woman with a long history of hypertension treated with diuretics and a beta blocker was brought to the emergency department complaining of the sudden onset of chest pain radiating to ...

Preliminary results of a clinical trial, presented today at the AATS 101st Annual Meeting, showed that a new, low-profile thoracic aortic endograft is safe and effective in the treatment of ...

The diameter of the thoracic aorta is a biomarker for heart attacks and other adverse cardiovascular events in women and men, according to a new study published in the journal Radiology.

The accuracy of CT in the diagnosis of aortic dissection is extremely high (98–100%). 32,33,34 However, single-slice CT scanners and early-generation MDCT frequently showed a pulsation artefact ...

The technique, called vascular deformation mapping, measures changes in the thoracic aorta by using high-resolution CT imaging to calculate three-dimensional changes in the aortic wall.

London Abstract 69 – 190 patients (127 men and 63 women) underwent nonsurgical thoracic aorta repair. 128 patients were treated electively and 62 underwent urgent repair. 135 patients were under ...

In patients with ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) and no other organ-system abnormalities, the absolute risk of aortic dissection is low but increases with larger aortic sizes, according to ...

In patients with acute damage to the descending thoracic aorta, endovascular repair is associated with lower short- and long-term mortality compared with traditional open repair, according to a small ...

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Volume 2, Number 4, 2018, pp 447-449(3); DOI: https:/ / doi. org/ 10. 15212/ CVIA. 2017. 0028, Niya Mileva, Medical University ...