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  2. Aortic valve - Wikipedia

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    The choice between SAVR and TAVR often relies on the open-heart surgical risk and indications for other open heart surgeries (etc., coronary bypass, other valve dysfunction). The Bentall procedure is a type of surgical procedure when the aortic valve, aortic root, and ascending aorta are replaced in a single operation.

  3. Linea semilunaris - Wikipedia

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    The linea semilunaris (also semilunar line or Spigelian line) is described by Adriaan van den Spiegel (°1578 †1625) described the Linea Semilunaris as the line forming and marking the transition from muscle to aponeurosis in the transversus abdominis muscle of the abdomen. It needs to be distinguished from the lateral border of the rectus ...

  4. Aortic sinus - Wikipedia

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    An aortic sinus, also known as a sinus of Valsalva, [1] is one of the anatomic dilations of the ascending aorta, which occurs just above the aortic valve.These widenings are between the wall of the aorta and each of the three cusps of the aortic valve.

  5. Thoracic aorta injury - Wikipedia

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    In the ascending aorta (the portion of the aorta which is almost vertical), one mechanism of injury is torsion (a two-way twisting). [5] There are clinical predictors of an aortic injury. [ 6 ] The predictors include if a patient is older than 50, was an unrestrained patient, has hypotension, has a thoracic injury requiring thoracotomy, has a ...

  6. Circulatory system - Wikipedia

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    In vertebrates, the circulatory system is a system of organs that includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood which is circulated throughout the body. [1] [2] It includes the cardiovascular system, or vascular system, that consists of the heart and blood vessels (from Greek kardia meaning heart, and Latin vascula meaning vessels).

  7. Vasa vasorum - Wikipedia

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    A tear in vasa vasorum situated in tunica media layer of aorta may start pathologic cascade of events leading to aortic dissection. [ 4 ] Presence of corkscrew collateral vessels in vasa vasorum is a hallmark of Buerger's disease and distinguishes it from Raynaud's phenomenon .

  8. Elastic artery - Wikipedia

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    The pulmonary arteries, the aorta, and its branches together comprise the body's system of elastic arteries. Other examples include the brachiocephalic artery , common carotid arteries , subclavian artery , and common iliac artery .

  9. Aortic body - Wikipedia

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    The aortic bodies are collections of chemoreceptors present on the aortic arch. [1] Most are located above the aortic arch, [2] while some are located on the posterior side of the aortic arch between it and the pulmonary artery below. [3]