If aortic arch interruption or coarctation is present, it is addressed at the same time. In planning the surgical intervention echocardiography should define: Type of truncus, including ...
Total Aortic Arch Replacement is a surgical procedure that involves replacing the entire aortic arch, which is the curved portion of the aorta that extends from the heart. This procedure is typically ...
The ascending aorta continues upward to form the aortic arch, where the oxygenated blood supply to your head originates. The aorta continues on down to the descending aorta that further supplies blood ...
24. Shortly after his birth, Nico was diagnosed with Interrupted Aortic Arch (IAA) type B, a heart defect where a portion of the aortic arch that carries blood to the head and neck is missing.
The first branch is the right carotid and does not classify as a RAA branching pattern; one may be fooled into believing this is a left aortic arch with the first branch coursing rightward (see ...