In 2010, the first practice guidelines for the diagnosis and management of thoracic aortic disease were jointly published by the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF), American Heart ...

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 ...

The minimally invasive character of stent grafting, with the obvious avoidance of major surgery and aortic cross-clamping in case of a diseased thoracic ... of excluding the aneurysm as late ...

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 ...

But an undiscovered one can expand rapidly and burst with little warning. Aneurysms in the chest area (thoracic aortic ...