Spinal cord injury (SCI) remains the most serious complication of repairing descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms, with endovascular ...

Despite guideline recommendations, the use of bioprosthetic heart valves has surpassed mechanical valves, but data from a large surgical database may lead to a reassessment of that practice.

CTAs were reviewed to assess the carotid stenosis and the anatomy of the aortic arch. The left carotid artery was classified as normal if it originated from the aortic arch and as bovine if it ...

A late-breaking study presented today at the 2025 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting reveals that mechanical aortic valve replacements (AVRs) provide significant long-term survival ...

The lumbar region is located between the thoracic (chest) region of the spine and the sacrum ... Your lumbar spine also contains blood vessels, which branch from the large abdominal aorta. These blood ...

The left subclavian artery receives oxygenated blood from the aortic arch (the top portion of the largest ... Aside from the axillary artery, the subclavian arteries branch into the internal thoracic ...

ANEURYSMS of the thoracic aorta may be of diverse etiology. Atherosclerosis, syphilis, medial degeneration, trauma and occasionally sepsis have been implicated. 1–4 The present case represents a ...

Intraoperative findings confirmed the presence of the anomalous vascular anatomy, specifically the left subclavian artery originating from the right aortic arch and crossing anterior to the esophagus ...

Awareness of the clinical significance of thoracic aortic aneurismal disease has increased in recent years. As diagnostic tools have improved our ability to identify aortic pathology, surgical ...

Arterial hypertension, atherosclerosis, and still poorly-defined genetic risk factors add to natural aortic anatomy changes leading to rapid ... opportunity to broaden the surgical armamentarium.