Your aorta is a cane-shaped blood vessel that exits from the top of the heart and curves downward passing through the chest (thorax) and stomach (abdomen). Please refer to diagram.

Aortic arch 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.

A new stent graft made from a 3-D image of the patient’s anatomy helps fix abdominal aortic aneurysms in patient's who otherwise have few options. An abdominal aortic aneurysm is an enlarged ...

Opinion Published: 14 October 2014 Transcatheter aortic valve implantation in bicuspid anatomy Zhen-Gang Zhao, Hasan Jilaihawi, Yuan Feng & Mao Chen Nature Reviews Cardiology 12, 123–128 (2015 ...

The largest artery is the aorta, which branches from the left ventricle of the heart. Various health conditions can affect how well the arteries function, and some are severe.

Customized device tailored to patient’s individual anatomy now used to repair abdominal aortic aneurysm without surgery Date: February 14, 2013 Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine Summary: An ...