Aortic dissection is a life-threatening medical condition in which a tear occurs in the major artery (aorta) that carries ...

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a common and deadly problem. The aortic diameter increases in association with a complex remodeling process that includes changes in the structure and content of ...

and abdominal organs. Signs of a problem with the aorta can include severe chest or back pain, shortness of breath, a pulsing feeling in the abdomen, or fainting. Aortic issues, such as aneurysms, are ...

Abstract: Objective: Computational modelling of ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms (ATAA) typically assumes zerodisplacement at the model's inlet. In this study we incorporated different types of ...

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm The aorta is a large artery carrying blood from the heart to the rest of your body. The artery travels through the center of your chest and abdomen. An aortic aneurysm occurs ...

asymptomatic thoracic or thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm, (5) reported aortic growth or GR. Studies were excluded if they reported only abdominal aortic growth, had a sample size <10, included ...

The patient's complaints were of progressing abdominal distention ... In addition, an infrarenal aortic aneurysm was found, sized 6.5 cm in diameter and not involving the iliac arteries (Figure ...

Purpose: To analyze the effect of the physiological deformation of the vessel wall on the hemodynamics in the abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), this paper compared the ... the velocity waveform at the ...