The purpose of this paper is to review the natural history, surgical management, and clinical and radiographic features of aneurysm of the aorta above the diaphragm. Experience is limited to 40 patients, of whom only nine were women. An operation, the aim of which was to resect the aneurysm, was undertaken in 14 patients; three of these died in the early postoperative period and the others are ...

Non-isthmic coarctation of the aorta is a rare congenital malformation in adults. Arterial hypertension frequent circumstance discovery. We reported case 22-year-old Guinean man who had been followed for 5 years hypertension. Clinically, he presented with upper limbs systolic pressure gradient 100 mmHg. The diagnosis was confirmed by thoracic angioscan, which showed 65.8% abdominal aorta. He on...

Although relatively uncommon, descending thoracic aortic aneurysms are lethal, with a natural history of progressive dilatation, rupture and death. The traditional treatment of these aneurysms involves open thoracotomy and replacement of the aneurysmal aorta with a prosthetic graft. Although successful and durable, this treatment is potentially associated with significant morbidity and mortalit...

ata from pathology (1), transesophageal echocardiography TEE) (2), and, more recently, scanning and magnetic resoance imaging (3) studies have shown that atherosclerotic isease of the aortic arch is an independent risk factor for ischemic troke, associated with a high risk of recurrent vascular events. hese findings have been summarized in the literature (4,5) nd confirmed in a meta-analysis (6...

Thoracic aorta calcification is associated with coronary and valvular calcification and increased risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events. Porcelain aorta represents excessive calcification of the thoracic ascending aorta (Figure) and is a challenging substrate for cardiac surgeons because aortic cross-clamping and aortotomy may cause excessive aortic injury and/or release of thromboe...

Morphometric and stress-strain properties were studied in isolated segments of the thoracic aorta, abdominal aorta, left common carotid artery, left femoral artery, and the left pulmonary artery in 16 male Wistar rats. The mechanical test was performed as a distension experiment where the proximal end of the arterial segment was connected via a tube to the container used for applying pressures ...

To identify factors predicting aortic stiffness, we studied the modulus of elasticity of the thoracic aorta in relation to sex, obesity, blood pressure, physical activity, smoking, ethanol consumption, salt intake, and serum lipid and insulin levels in 55 healthy people born in 1954. A transverse cine magnetic resonance image of the thoracic aorta was made, and the modulus of elasticity was det...

It is extremely rare for a patient to need simultaneous heart transplantation (HTx) and replacement of the thoracic aorta. A 23-year-old woman with Marfan's syndrome underwent Bentall's operation and replacement of the ascending aorta (AsA) due to a type A aortic dissection (AD) in August 2001. In March 2005, she began to experience dyspnea on exertion and was found to have a huge pseudoaneurys...