The natural history of penetrating atherosclerotic ulcers (PAUs) of the descending thoracic aorta remains unclear. Between January 1996 and June 2000, PAU was diagnosed in 36 patients (16 men, 20 ...

Larger BMI-indexed ascending and descending thoracic aortic diameters were significantly associated with increased risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes like stroke and death in both women and men.

Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2012;10(12):1497-1516. A circumflex RAA also causes a vascular ring, by echo showing RAA branching pattern and a thoracic descending aorta in the left side of the ...

FDA Approves First-of-Kind Device To Treat Descending Thoracic Aneurysms Date: April 20, 2005 Source: U.S. Food And Drug Administration Summary: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ...

Aging produces a simultaneous thoracic aorta (TA) enlargement and unfolding. We sought to analyze the impact of hypertension on these geometric changes. Non-contrast computed tomography images ...

Gore & Associates announced that the company’s TAG thoracic branch endoprosthesis (TBE) has received FDA approval for us ...

Cardiac Compression by a Ruptured Aneurysm of the Descending Thoracic Aorta Authors : Jurg Schmidli , M.D. , and Thierry Carrel , M.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published May 1, 2003 ...

Patients would need to be selected carefully based on the extent of their thoracic aortic disease. 6.2 The committee recognised that some people for whom treatment with the E‑vita open plus would be ...