"Aorta, Thoracic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The portion of the descending aorta proceeding from the arch of the aorta and extending to the DIAPHRAGM, eventually connecting to the ABDOMINAL AORTA.
| Descriptor ID |
D001013
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A07.231.114.056.372
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| 2002 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Aorta, Thoracic" by people in Profiles.
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Use of the Occlutech pmVSD Device for Hybrid Closure of a Large Mid-Muscular Ventricular Septal Defect in a Small Infant Born With Hypoplastic Aortic Arch. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2024 Jan; 15(1):109-111.
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Pre-emptive thoracic endovascular aortic repair is unnecessary in extended type A (DeBakey type I) aortic dissections. J Vasc Surg. 2020 10; 72(4):1206-1212.
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Greater Periaortic Fat Volume at Midlife Is Associated with Slower Gait Speed Later in Life in Women: The SWAN Cardiovascular Fat Ancillary Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2019 11 13; 74(12):1959-1964.
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Direct Arterial Cannulation Allows Easy and Safe Continuous Selective Cerebral Perfusion During Repair of Interrupted Aortic Arch Even for Low Birth Weight Neonates. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2019 07; 10(4):464-468.
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Aortic morphological variability in patients with bicuspid aortic valve and aortic coarctation. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2019 Apr 01; 55(4):704-713.
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A 74-year-old man with abdominal pain. Cleve Clin J Med. 2013 Jun; 80(6):363-8.
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Reverse subclavian flap and aorto-pulmonary window technique for repair of interrupted aortic arch and truncus arteriosus. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2011 Sep; 13(3):354-5.
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Relationship of aortic pulse wave velocity and baroreceptor reflex sensitivity to blood pressure control in patients with repaired coarctation of the aorta. Am Heart J. 2011 Aug; 162(2):398-404.
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Cell death-associated ADAMTS4 and versican degradation in vascular tissue. J Histochem Cytochem. 2009 Sep; 57(9):889-97.
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Truncus arteriosus with interrupted aortic arch: successful repair using modified cardiopulmonary bypass and surgical techniques. Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 Nov; 82(5):1884-6.