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aortic
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a·or·ta  (-ôrt)
n. pl. a·or·tas or a·or·tae (-t)
The main trunk of the systemic arteries, carrying blood from the left side of the heart to the arteries of all limbs and organs except the lungs.

[New Latin, from Greek ort, from eirein, to lift; see wer-1 in Indo-European roots.]

a·ortal, a·ortic adj.
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aorta A. arch of aorta B. abdominal aorta
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Adj.1.aortic - of or relating to the aortaaortic - of or relating to the aorta          
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aortic [eɪˈɔːtɪk] ADJaórtico


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The aortic coarctation is a congenital malformation increased peripheral resistance due to a structural stenosis of the aorta.
Other causes include Marfan's syndrome, Ehlers Danlos' syndrome, aortic coarctation, bicuspid aortic valve, aortic hypoplasia, cystic medial necrosis, pregnancy, trauma and iatrogenic causes.
Both brachial and femoral pulses bilaterally should be equal in timing and intensity and blood pressure in the right arm normal, to exclude aortic coarctation.
 
 
 
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