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• Aortic body — Infobox Anatomy Name = Aortic body Latin = corpora paraaortica GraySubject = 277 GrayPage = 1277 Caption = The thoracic aorta, heart and other great vessels. (Aortic body not visible, but arch of aorta labeled at center.) Caption2 = Precursor =… …   Wikipedia

• Aortic valve stenosis — Classification and external resources ICD 10 I35.0, I06.0, Q23.0 …   Wikipedia

• Aortic dissection — Classification and external resources Dissection of the aorta descendens (3), which starts from the left subclavian artery, reaching to the abdominal aorta (4). Aorta ascendens (1) and aortic arch (2) are not involved …   Wikipedia

• Aortic aneurysm — Classification and external resources CT reconstruction image of an abdominal aortic aneurysm ICD 10 I …   Wikipedia

• Aortic valve area calculation — is an indirect method of determining the area of the aortic valve. The calculated aortic valve orifice area is currently one of the measures for evaluating the severity of aortic stenosis. A valve area of less than 0.8 cm² is considered to be… …   Wikipedia

• Aortic insufficiency — See also: mitral regurgitation and tricuspid insufficiency Aortic insufficiency Classification and external resources Micrograph of myxomatous degeneration – a cause of aortic insufficiency …   Wikipedia

• body — 1. The head, neck, trunk, and extremities. The human b., consisting of head (caput), neck (collum), trunk (truncus), and limbs (membra). 2. The material part of a human, as distinguished from the …   Medical dictionary

• Aortic arch — The aortic arch is the second section of the aorta, the largest artery in the body. The aorta arises from the left ventricle of the heart and first goes up, then bends, and goes down. The part that goes up is termed the ascending aorta, the part… …   Medical dictionary

• Aortic stenosis — Narrowing (stenosis) of the heart valve between the left ventricle of the heart and the aorta. This narrowing impedes the delivery of blood through the aorta to the body and makes it tough for the heart to carry out this Herculean task. A normal… …   Medical dictionary

• Aortic arch — Infobox Artery Name = PAGENAME Latin = arcus aortae GraySubject = 142 GrayPage = 547 Caption = Plan of the branches. Caption2 = The arch of the aorta, and its branches. BranchFrom = ascending aorta BranchTo = brachiocephalic artery, left common… …   Wikipedia

• Aortic — Pertaining to the aorta, the largest artery in the body. Aortic is in common usage as, for example, in an abdominal aortic aneurysm. The term aortal has the same meaning but is rarely encountered (except in The New York Times crossword). * * *… …   Medical dictionary