Aims: The significance of mild residual descending aortic narrowing in post-coarctectomy patients is not known.

Patients with acute descending aortic dissection can be treated medically initially followed by early elective operation.

We conclude that ascending aortic dissection and descending aortic dissection have different clinical profiles and prognoses.

Six patients underwent emergency surgery for descending aortic injury following blunt trauma to the chest; three survived.

With a descending aortic anastomosis, net backward flow occurs in the descending aorta to supply these branches.

The exclusion of the thoracic descending aortic pseudoaneurysm by endovascular implantation of the stent-graft prosthesis was performed.

We report a case of spontaneous coronary artery rupture (SCAR) 3 months after descending aortic replacement.

Conclusion: "Complex coarctation" can be treated with ascending-to- descending aortic bypass via posterior pericardium and satisfied result can be achieved.

Conclusion: Mild residual descending aortic narrowing in post-coarctectomy patients is independently associated with mean daytime blood pressure and carotid intima-media thickness.

Conclusions: Midterm durability of endovascular stent-graft placement in atherosclerotic descending aortic aneurysms seems promising, as the rate of endoleaks requiring reintervention is acceptably low.

The smallest descending aortic flow diameter on cine MRI showed excellent agreement with angiography (r = 0.90).

Conclusion: Although overall reproducibility was acceptable in descending aortic measurements, our results show that it remains challenging to reliably measure luminal diameters, compared with areas.