D, Fully deployed thoracic device. A trilobed balloon is used to inflate the aortic stent graft while allowing continuous antegrade blood flow during balloon inflation.
Aortic diseases are pathological conditions affecting a section of the aorta, the largest artery in the human body. They can involve the ascending aorta, aortic arch, thoracic descending aorta ...
Thoracic aortic dissection occurs when the intima of the aorta becomes compromised and “tears” or “dissects” a new layer that fills with blood between the intima and the media. This ...
Thoracic aortic dissection occurs when the intima of the aorta becomes compromised and “tears” or “dissects” a new layer that fills with blood between the intima and the media. This ...
Bicuspid aortic valve disease, where the aortic valve has two ... The condition can lead to complications as severe as thoracic aortic aneurysms, weakening of the aortic wall, and aortic stenosis ...
and postoperative care of patients with aortic aneurysms and dissection, including those resulting from genetic connective tissue disorders, such as Marfan syndrome and Loeys-Dietz syndrome, as well ...
Large and rare duplications and deletions in a chromosome region known as 22q11.2 , which involves genes that regulate cardiac development, are linked ...