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The body's main artery, arising from the left ventricle of the heart in birds and mammals. Carrying freshly oxygenated blood, it arches over the top of the heart and descends through the trunk, finally splitting in the lower abdomen to form the two iliac arteries. Arteries branching off the arch of the aorta carry blood to the upper body. Loss of elasticity in the aorta provides evidence of atherosclerosis, which may lead to heart disease.

In fish a ventral aorta carries deoxygenated blood from the heart to the gills, and the dorsal aorta carries oxygenated blood from the gills to other parts of the body.
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10) Typical findings on MDCT of an uncomplicated PDA would include a tubular structure connecting the descending aorta with the distal main pulmonary artery or the proximal left pulmonary artery.
Incidental MDCT finding of a subclinical PDA in an adult patient with ... by Reddy, Sugania; Modi, Mala; Hendson, Willy / South African Journal of Radiology
Juvonen et al (6) reported that the descending aorta of 20% to 28% of patients with chronic stable type B dissection will dilate and that 18% will eventually rupture during a period of 40 to 50 months.
Surgical experiences in acute spontaneous dissection of the ... by Kalko, Yusuf; Kafa, Ulku; Basaran, Murat / The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology (Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi)
The therapy is accomplished with a unique, dual-balloon catheter that creates a partial occlusion of the descending aorta and redirects blood flow to the brain.
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