rather than reattaching a single island of aortic wall. [11] The innominate, left carotid, and left subclavian arteries are reconstructed in separate end-to-end anastomoses by using a branched ...

Since arterial blood flow is pulsatile and arterial vessel walls are compliant, pulsatile changes in blood volume occur in the thoracic arterial system, predominantly in the aorta, as a result of ...