The goals of echocardiography in evaluating aortic ... Arch sidedness can also be confirmed by showing the thoracic descending aorta, which usually is on the same side of the arch (Figures 1 ...

[23] Echocardiography is the test of choice ... via the ductal arch, will supply the descending aorta. Special care should be taken to not confuse the ductal arch with the transverse arch, the ...

The aorta is a tube-like structure that resembles a candy cane. The thoracoabdominal aorta starts after the curve of the cane and extends past the arteries that deliver blood to the stomach, ...

The ascending aorta continues upward to form the aortic arch, where the oxygenated blood supply to your head originates. The aorta continues on down to the descending aorta that further supplies blood ...