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ascending aorta

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Noun1.ascending aorta - the ascending part of the aorta as it emerges from the left ventricle
aorta - the large trunk artery that carries blood from the left ventricle of the heart to branch arteries


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The primary part of the surgery consisted of replacing the ascending aorta, the first section of the aorta, with a synthetic cylinder, McPherson said.
The surgeons who worked on him said that the round would have hit him dead center in his ascending aorta, a likely fatal injury.
The port-access operation involves a mini-thoracotomy (8 cm) on an arrested heart by using percutaneously inserted endovascular occluder balloons in the ascending aorta.
 
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