The aorta is the largest artery in the human body, pumping up to 200 million liters of blood
through the body in an average lifetime. Thoracic aortic disease presentation ranges from …

The aorta is the largest artery in the human body, pumping up to 200 million liters of blood
through the body in an average lifetime. Thoracic aortic disease presentation ranges from …

The clinical presentation of diseases involving the thoracic aorta ranges from a large
number of asymptomatic patients with clinically undetectable thoracic aortic aneurysm to …

Disease of the thoracic aorta can present with a broad clinical spectrum of symptoms and
signs. Patients may be rushed to the emergency room with life-threatening complications of …

Opinion statement Thoracic aortic disease is increasing in prevalence and can result in
serious morbidity and mortality. Computed tomography (CT) angiography is an important …

CT enables clear delineation of the aortic arch, tortuous brachiocephalic arterial branches,
and adjacent aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms. Because aortography is a projectional …

The most common imaging modality used for diagnosis of aortic disease is CT, followed by
transesophageal echocardiography, MRI, and aortography. If multiple imaging is performed …

This chapter reviews the role of multidetector row computed tomography (MDCT)
angiography in the assessment of congenital and acquired aortic abnormalities and …

CT, MRI and transesophageal echocardiography have become the standard of reference for
evaluation of the thoracic aorta. Angiography is mainly performed as a presurgical …

C OMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) has be-come one of the foremost methods in imaging
thoracic aortic diseases. Although there are advantages and disadvantages in using other …