Debra Reals still remembers lying on a gurney with her father and sister at her side as trauma surgeons explained the ...

Complex aortic aneurysms involve the side branches of the aorta. These may be treated with special stents manufactured with small openings (fenestrations) or side arms (branches) that allow separate ...

The aorta is the main blood vessel that carries oxygen-filled blood from the heart to the rest of the body. It extends from the chest to the abdomen, where it branches (bifurcates) into the iliac ...

The aorta, one of the "great arteries," carries ... Shanbhag, M.D., M.P.H., a program officer in the Heart Failure and Arrhythmias branch in NHLBI's Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, and ...

Most arteries are easy to find. Start with dorsal aorta, formed by 4 pairs of efferent branchial arteries. Within the pleuroperitoneal cavity, it gives off a series of abdominal branches. Locate each ...

Blood leaves the heart's main pumping chamber (left ventricle) through the aorta, a large blood vessel that branches into ...