Porcelain aorta, defined as ‘circumferential calcification or severe atheromatous plaque of the entire ascending aorta, extending to the arch, such that aortic cross clamping is not feasible’ is ...

In patients with small intestinal Crohn’s disease (CD), there is a need for a simple, non-invasive test to reduce dependence on invasive procedures (eg, enteroscopy) and costly imaging (eg, MRI or CT ...

Abstract and Introduction Endovascular repair of thoracic aortic aneurysm has become an important treatment modality in patients who are at increased risk for open surgical repair. Since the US ...

The covered lengths of the proximal device range from 112 mm (largest diameter) to 116 mm (smallest diameter). In contrast, the distal Talent device is a tapered tube endograft system with a 4 mm ...

Distal aortic perfusion is one of these. The most commonly used technique is through cannulation of the left atrium to redirect blood flow through a centrifugal pump to the distal aortic region to ...

Aortic coarctation is a congenital heart defect characterized by the narrowing of the aorta at the isthmus, accounting for 5-7% of congenital heart diseases and affecting three per 10,000 live births.

A 36-year-old man presented with a history of painless swelling on his right distal foot progressively increasing in size since 2 years. Physical examination revealed a non-pulsatile, non-tender, firm ...

Girls and women with Turner syndrome are at risk for catastrophic aortic dissection and rupture, but the clinical profile for those at risk is not well described. In addition to reporting two new ...

However, it is user-dependent, and cannot be used to examine distal parts of the internal carotid artery because bony structures obstruct the view. This is also the case for the vertebral arteries.