This is an emergency, Conner said. About 50% of people who have an aortic dissection die at home. Of the other 50% who make ...

Imaging is important in the diagnosis of aortic arch disease. Echocardiography is the test of choice. It possess minimal risk, can be performed at the bedside without sedation and provides a ...

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 ...

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 ...

2) and occipital vessels such as headache, scalp tenderness, jaw claudication, sore throat, aortic arch syndrome, and, most ominously, retinal ischemia leading to the sudden onset of blindness ...

Type I: Dissection originating in the ascending aorta extending a variable length frequently into the aortic arch and/or descending ... such as Marfan’s syndrome, Turner’s syndrome, Ehlers ...

Although DiGeorge syndrome (DGS) and Velocardiofacial syndrome ... are characterized by phenotypic features including aortic arch interruptions, cardiac outflow tract malformation, and a number ...

Connective tissue disorders such as Marfan’s syndrome have a significantly increased risk of aortic dissection. The onset of symptoms in aortic dissection are usually sudden without warning.

21 Nonetheless, clinicians who do treat those with Marfan's syndrome are leaning ... If the aneurysm extends into the arch, an 'open' distal anastomosis without an aortic cross-clamp can be ...