[Digital subtraction angiography of the aorta].

The results of 300 digital subtraction angiographies of the thoracic and abdominal aorta are analysed. Following intraarterial injection of contrast, all examinations were of good quality. Following I-V DSA, two thoracic (1.8%) and two abdominal (1.2%) aortograms were non-diagnostic. Anomalies in the position of the aorta, dilatation (aneurysm) or stenoses (coarctations, arteriosclerosis, occlusions) could be diagnosed by I-V DSA. One I-A DSA was performed for aneurysm of the ascending aorta in order to evaluate function of the aortic valve and for demonstrating the coronary artery origins, and pre-operatively for an aortic dissection.