Interrupted aortic arch (IAA) is an extremely serious condition of the heart in which the development of the aortic arch is disrupted.

The aortic arch is the portion of the main artery that bends between the ascending and descending aorta. It leaves the heart and ascends, then descends back to create the arch. The aorta ...

Evaluation of aortic arch sidedness and origins of head and neck vessels: echo-arch sidedness is confirmed in the suprasternal frontal view by showing the side to which the first branch courses.

PRIMARY intraluminal tumors of the aorta must be exceedingly rare. There is, to our knowledge, only 1 other case in the literature that resembles to any degree the case reported below.1 Our patient ...

Initial Experience of Chimney Technique in Case of Aortic Arch Pathologies Involving the Supra-Aortic Branches ...

The Queensland man's aorta, the biggest blood vessel in the body, had ballooned to about four times the usual size, leaving it in danger of rupturing.

It is important not to consider these various types of occlusive disease involving the major branches of the aortic arch as one entity since they differ strikingly in age incidence, sex and race ...

Takayasu arteritis is a type of vasculitis that affects the aorta and its branches.

Interrupted aortic arch (IAA) refers to a rare but very serious congenital heart defect in which there is a gap between the ascending and descending segments of the aorta, namely, in the arch of ...

Imaging is important in the diagnosis of aortic arch disease, but which tests should be performed and in what order?