AAA formation appears to be a focal event, yet patients with AAAs often have aneurysms at sites remote from the abdominal aorta. This initially raised the suspicion that aortic aneurysms are a ...

This bulge can enlarge over time as the walls of the aorta become thinner and stretch (like a balloon). This bulge in the aorta is called an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). An aneurysm is a bulge or ...

A CT provides valuable information about your aorta, such as the location and size of an aneurysm or dissection. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), is another ...

Thoracic aortic ... Dissection originating in the descending thoracic aorta. This is further classified as IIIa which is confined to the thoracic aorta and IIIb which extends to the abdominal ...

The Zenith TX2 TAA Endovascular stent graft is designed as a two-piece modular endograft system for thoracic aneurysm ... over the abdominal visceral vessels in the setting of aortic dissection ...