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. 2017 Oct 1;5(5):132–138. doi: 10.12945/j.aorta.2017.17.035

Table 1.

Site of calcifications on different aortic localizations.

Site of calcifications Number of lesions Percentage in total lesions (%)
Ascending aorta
Focal calcifications in ascending aorta 25 3.93
Patchy calcifications in ascending aorta 16 2.52
Porcelain ascending aorta 9 1.41
Aortic arch
Region 1 of aortic arch
Ostium of brachiocephalic artery and neighboring aortic arch
97 15.27
Region 2 of aortic arch
Ostium of left common carotid artery and neighbouring aortic arch
131 20.62
Region 3 of aortic arch
Ostium of left subclavian artery and neighbouring aortic arch
209 32.91
Focal calcifications in aortic arch 12 1.88
Patchy calcifications in aortic arch 19 2.99
Porcelain aortic arch 11 1.73
Descending aorta
Focal calcifications in descending aorta 22 3.46
Patchy calcifications in descending aorta 12 1.88
Porcelain descending aorta 14 2.20
Descending aorta/connection site of ductus arterious 58 9.13
Total lesions 635 100