the aneurysm terminates at or below the innominate artery, permitting repair under normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass conditions with an aortic cross-clamp in place. If aortic root replacement is ...

The ascending aorta includes the aortic root and sinuses of Valsalva where the blood supply to your heart ... The aorta continues on down to the descending aorta that further supplies blood to the ...

An ascending aortic aneurysm occurs when the aortic wall becomes weakened and enlarges. Many causes exist including atherosclerosis, hypertension and connective tissue disorders. There are no ...

in the aortic root of mice with this disorder produce excessive amounts of the critical protein Gata4, making them susceptible to aneurysms. The mice harbor a genetic mutation in the Tgfbr1 gene ...

A bicuspid AV or prolapse of the AV may be seen. The size of the aortic root can be measured and aortic dissections can be identified. The severity of AR can be estimated using three parameters ...

Figure 1 Posteroanterior and Lateral Films of the Chest, Demonstrating an Ascending Aortic Aneurysm, with Hyper-trophy of the Left Ventricle and Some Enlargement of the Left Atrium. On the 10th ...

Mild poststenotic dilatation and increased left atrium/aortic root transverse ratio is noted. Blood flow velocity in the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) of the same patient (Figure 3 ...