Descending aorta

vasculature of our bodies. An adult body contains over 60,000 miles of vessels, which can wrap around the world two and a half times. The vessel branching off of the heart is largest artery in our body and is known as the aorta. The aorta supplies oxygenated blood to our body. The aorta runs along the midline of our body and has many other vessels that stem from it to deliver the blood to a specific location. The

Introduction The aorta is a three-layered structure composed of the inner layer being the intima, middle layer being the media, and the outer layer being the adventitia. An aortic dissection (AD) starts when a tear forms in the intimal layer of the aorta. Due to the high-pressure environment within the aorta, blood is forced into the tear causing the intimal layer to separate/dissect from the medial layer of the aorta. This separation will cause a new chamber to form between the intima and the

The aorta is the largest artery in the body, responsible for providing oxygen to the entire body. An aortic aneurysm occurs when an artery wall of the aorta weakens. The weakening then causes the wall of the aorta to expand and bulge out (United States National Library of Medicine, 2014). Dilation of at least one and a half times the normal diameter of the aorta is qualification for an aneurysm (Novaro, 2014). Nearly 50,000 deaths in the United States annually can be attributed to a thoracic aortic

II- MDCT angiography of the thoracic aorta: At the point when an acute aortic syndrome (AAS) is suspected (owing either to clinical manifestations or to chest radiographic findings), non enhanced CT is usually done first to search a high-attenuation acute intramural hematoma (IMH). The contrast-enhanced scanning, which take after is the key part of the CT examination. The right timing of the entry of contrast material in the aorta is basic to picture quality. Approaches to accomplishing

An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is an area in the lower part of the aorta that becomes enlarged.1 The aorta is usually about the width of a garden hose,1 but when it dilates 1.5 times the diameter of its normal width (commonly about 3 cm) it is then termed a AAA.2 Although an aneurysm can occur along any part of the aorta, it is termed “abdominal” along any segment below the diaphragm.3 An aneurysm above the level of the diaphragm is termed “thoracic.”1 The most common location for a AAA to

Time Course Of cell Sheet Adhesion to Porcine Heart Tissue after Transplant Opposed to performing heart transplants after a myocardial infarction, cell sheets can be attached to the existing cardiac muscle in order to repair the damaged tissue, sticking the sheet to the heart without sutures. The researcher’s extracted bone marrow from a pig, washed away all red blood cells with a solution, and used reverse transcription so RNA makes cDNA. These cells were placed in a petri dish until the cells floated

Jonathan Larson January 21. The time is around 6:45 pm.  Writer, composer Jonathan Larson was sitting in the very last few rows listening as cast he had chosen for his "about to be" Broadway musical, "Rent" went through one of the final dress rehearsals in The New York Theater Workshop. He and the Director of "Rent" Michael Grief began to sing one of the songs form the show when Larson began to feel a pain in his chest. The pain worsened. Larson (being the compulsive

Cardiovascular attributes: Major source of morbidity and mortality, dilation of the aorta, aortic valve insufficiency, predisposition for aortic tear and rupture, mitral valve prolapse with or without regurgitation, tricuspid valve prolapse, and enlargement of the proximal pulmonary artery. Participation in contact sports, competitive

Definition The aorta is the largest artery of the body. Its job is to disperse blood to smaller arteries to be sure all of the parts of the body receive an efficient supply of well oxygenated blood. This artery connects to the aortic valve of the heart. This valve opens and closes, so blood can leave the heart. It has to close completely and open widely for the right amount of blood to be able to flow through. If there are any problems with it, and it can't push through blood from the aorta, a person

Marfan’s syndrome is a rare hereditary disorder of the body’s connective tissue. The phenotypic traits include being tall, abnormally long stretched limbs and in the most severe cases the aorta can be prone to rupture and retinal detachment can occur [1]. Seventy five percent of cases for this multisystem disorder are genetic and inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion (a child can inherit it from just one parent): 25% are sporadic where neither parent has the syndrome [2]. Its prevalence is 1/5000