A circumflex RAA also causes a vascular ring, by echo showing RAA branching ... a dimple or the thoracic descending aorta opposite to the side of the aortic arch. The presence of any of these ...

Thoracic aortic dissection occurs when the intima of the aorta becomes compromised ... Transesophageal echocardiography and MRI can be useful as well. Descending aortic dissections can be treated ...

Aortic coarctation (CoA) is a congenital heart defect characterized by a narrowing of the aorta, which can lead ... highlighted the successful use of echocardiography-guided stenting in very ...

An aneurysm refers to ballooning out of the aorta which causes aortic wall weakening. The aorta may continue to further expand (dilate) or remain unchanged, but close surveillance is necessary. As the ...

Echocardiography can visualized the proximal portion of the aorta, however not the aortic arch and only minimal portions of the descending thoracic aorta. Transesophageal echocardiography is also ...

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 descending aorta that further supplies blood ...

Type IV: Truncus associated to underdevelopment of the arch including coarctation ... If the aortic arch is interrupted, the PDA, via the ductal arch, will supply the descending aorta.