Chest x-ray can show mediastinal widening and/or ... Transesophageal echocardiography and MRI can be useful as well. Descending aortic dissections can be treated medically. The goal of medical ...

Type III: Dissection originating in the descending thoracic aorta. This is further classified ... s clinical presentation and symptoms. Chest x-ray can show mediastinal widening and/or an abnormal ...

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 ... an individual may ...