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Introduction
Figure 3. Classification of Aortic Anatomic Segments by 11
Landing Zones
Copyright 2019, with permission from Elsevier, Inc., and Now Medical Studios. From Czerny,
et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2019;55:133-162. by permission of Oxford University Press on
behalf of the European Association for Cardio-oracic Surgery.
Zone 0 (ascending to distal
end of the origin of the
innominate artery)
Zone 1 (between innominate and
le carotid)
Zone 2 (between le carotid and
le subclavian)
Zone 3 (first 2 cm distal to le
subclavian)
Zone 4 (end of zone 3 to mid-
descending aorta ~ T6)
Zone 5 (mid-descending aorta to
celiac)
Zone 6 (celiac to superior
mesenteric)
Zone 7 (superior mesenteric to
renals)
Zone 8 (renal to infra renal
abdominal aorta)
Zone 9 (infrarenal abdominal
aorta)
Zone 10 (common iliac)
Zone 11 (external iliacs)
