The aorta, your body’s largest blood vessel, begins at your heart and extends into your abdomen. A thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) occurs in the chest portion of your aorta. During thoracic aneurysm ...

The aortic arch is part of the aorta at the top of the chest that arches and turns downwards. There are several important branches that arise from the aortic arch, including the carotid arteries that ...

My personal experience with aneurysms of the thoracic aorta is limited to 21 surgically treated cases; however, in a review of this group, it is surprising to find that 6 of them, well over 25 per ...

W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (Gore) today announced the first implant of the GORE® TAG® Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis (TBE) in the pivotal study.

Endovascular repair of descending thoracic aortic disease is feasible and can be achieved with low rates of perioperative morbidity and mortality. News & Perspective Drugs & Diseases ...

Aims of treatment include reconstruction of the thoracic aortic segment containing the entry tear, induction of thrombosis of the false lumen and reestablishing the true lumen and side branch flow.

Medically reviewed by Jordana Haber Hazan, MD The abdominal aorta is a large artery in your belly that carries blood from the heart to the lower part of the body. In early fetal development, it ...

The mural thrombus is usually located in the abdominal aorta, but, albeit infrequently, it can occur in the thoracic aorta. Although most thoracic thrombi are seen with atherosclerotic disease ...

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 ...

Some chest tumors may invade one of the great vessels of the body, the aorta. Surgical removal of these tumors is very challenging and necessitates the support of a heart-lung machine.

Designed for long-term durability, the GORE TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis is the first off-the-shelf aortic branch device to participate in a pivotal study.