Anatomy of the aorta

By
  • Dr Antoine Micheau

Publication date: August 8, 2012 | Updated on August 8, 2012

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Diagnosis

Anatomy of the aorta

History

Diameters of the thoracic aorta

1- Aortic Annulus Diameter : 2.30 cm

2- Aortic valve sinus : 2.98 ± 0.46 cm

3- Ascending aorta : 3.09 ± 0.41 cm

4- Proximal to the brachiocephalic trunk: 2.94 ± 0.42 cm

5- Proximal transverse arch : 2.77 ± 0.37 cm

6- Distal transverse arch : 2.61 ± 0.41 cm

7- Isthmus : 2.47 ± 0.40 cm

8- Diaphragm : 2.43 ± 0.35 cm

Diameters of the abdominal aorta

9- Superior mesenteric artery: 2.13 ±0.29 cm

10- Midpoint: 1.93 ± 0.25 cm

11- Bifurcation : 1.86 ± 0.22 cm

12- Common iliac artery: 1.04± 0.19 cm

Note : The diameter of the aorta increases with age and is larger in men

Referencies:

Hager, Alfred, Kaemmerer, Harald, Rapp-Bernhardt, Ulrike, Blucher, Sebastian, Rapp, Karl, Bernhardt, Thomas M., Galanski, Michael, Hess, John

Diameters of the thoracic aorta throughout life as measured with helical computed tomography

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2002 123: 1060-1066

The epidemiology of abdominal aortic diameter

Matthew A. Allison, Kevin Kwan, Dominic DiTomasso, C. Michael Wright, Michael H. Criqui

Journal of Vascular Surgery - July 2008 (Vol. 48, Issue 1, Pages 121-127, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.02.031)