Introduction Although conditions afflicting the extracardiac vascular system during infancy and childhood have been described for well over two centuries, a comprehensive literature dedicated to the management of pediatric vascular surgery patients remains lacking. Despite the presence of a number…
Introduction The presence of a penetrating aortic ulcer (PAU) often indicates a severely diseased aorta. Although first described as an incidental component of dissecting aneurysms in 1934, PAU was not clearly defined as an aortic pathology until 1986 and is…
Most thoracic aortic aneurysms arise from medial degeneration or from chronic aortic dissection. The overall incidence of thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAA) is approximately 10.4 per 100,000 person-years with a significant increase with advancing age. In contrast to abdominal aortic aneurysms…