ascending aorta

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einer 59-jährigen bei Zustand nach TAVI. Hierdurch und durch die deutlichen Verkalkungen der Aorta erkennt man besonders gut die Lage der Aortenklappe und der aortalen Ausflussbahn. Zusätzlich sieht man in der seitlichen Projektion noch einen Stent, der in die proximale RCA eingebracht ist. Ein weiterer Nebenbefund sind voluminöse Schwielen apikal und basal an der rechten Lungen mutmaßlich nach Tuberkulose.

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TAVI und

Sklerose Aorta. Man erkennt gut die Lagebeziehungen der Aortenklappen, der Aorta ascendens und des Herzens in der Projektion.

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The ascending aorta is the first part of the aorta, and begins at the aortic valve, located obliquely just to the left of the midline at the level of the third intercostal space. It terminates as it exits the fibrous pericardium where it becomes the aortic arch, in the plane of Ludwig, a horizontal plane from the sternomanubrial angle to the T4 vertebral body.

Gross anatomy

It normally has only two branches, the right coronary artery and the left coronary artery. These arise from the right and left aortic sinuses (of Valsalva) respectively, which (along with the non-coronary sinus) are out-pouchings of the aortic wall above each cusp of the aortic valve. Immediately above the three aortic sinuses, the normal tubular configuration of the aorta is attained - at the sinotubular junction.

The ascending aorta ascends slightly towards the right of midline where it can be seen as part of the mediastinal outline on a chest radiograph. This should only be the case in the older ectatic or dilated artery. In a young patient, a prominent ascending aorta, especially when combined with signs of left ventricular hypertrophy should raise suspicion of aortic stenosis.

With the pulmonary trunk, the ascending aorta is invested in a common sheath of serous visceral pericardium, anterior to the transverse pericardial sinus.