The dissection extended into the SMA, with a thrombosed ... of the thoracoabdominal aorta, with a maximal diameter of 3.8 cm, and a patent iliomesenteric bypass. The patient was discharged home ...

In order to perform surgery on your aorta, it is necessary to connect you to a heart-lung bypass machine. This machine takes over the work of the heart circulating oxygenated blood throughout the body ...

The goal of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is to improve blood flow to your ... and they branch off from the body’s main artery, the aorta, which carries oxygenated blood throughout the body.