Historical Background The first anatomic descriptions of the thoracic outlet can be traced to 150 ad when Galen identified the presence of a cervical rib in human dissections. However, it was not until 1742 that Hunauld established the association between…
Morgagni described the first cases of aortic dissection in 1773, and Maunoir coined the entity “aortic dissection.” Despite these early reports of thoracic aortic disease, it was not until 1952 that Drs. De Bakey and Cooley first successfully operated on…
Introduction Infective endocarditis can be associated with several clinical and anatomic complications. Among these is aortic root abscess. Aortic root abscess is defined by the presence of necrotic tissue in the aortic root, annulus, or as aortoventricular discontinuity. In this…