Your enlarged aorta
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Dr. William D.Posted
Fri 27 Aug 2010 8:19am1 Comment
The thoracic aorta lives happily within the chest.
The aorta is the main artery of the body that emerges from the heart, located just under the sternum. It is the "tree trunk" from which all the major arteries branch off to the rest of the body: the arms, brain, abdominal organs, pelvis, and legs. The aorta receives the high-pressure blood ...
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When Aorta looks like a railway track . . . think about “Extreme” LV dysfunction !
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Dr. Sangareddi V.Posted
Sun 18 Dec 2011 10:18am
Aorta is connected to the left ventricle like a hose pipe.The energy generated within the LV myocardium is efficiently delivered to the root of the aorta. Mechano -coupling of LV with aorta is important means by which blood is is ejected into systemic circulation .
Even though aorta has mainly passive contraction and ( The wind- ...
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Pump Placed in Aorta Doesn't Improve Angioplasty Outcomes
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Medline PlusPosted
Tue 24 Aug 2010 1:00pm
Procedure used in high-risk cases made little difference, researchers say
By Robert Preidt
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
TUESDAY, Aug. 24 (HealthDay News) -- Patients who chose to have a special pump placed in their heart's aorta before undergoing procedures to open blocked arteries didn't have impro ...
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Great illustrations in cardiology : Collaterals in coarctation of aorta
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Dr. Sangareddi V.Posted
Tue 07 Apr 2009 11:47pm
A perfect illustration to understand
What will happen if the aorta is obstructed at the level of isthumus ?
One of the great illustrations I have come across
Courtesy
Dr.Jesse Edwards (Fowler’s Text book of cardiology )
To Download a PDF version and Zoom into the Aorta as deep as you would like !
collaterals i ...
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Amato’s classification of co-arctation of aorta
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Dr. Sangareddi V.Posted
Tue 13 Jul 2010 2:18am
Coarctation of aorta continues to be an important acyanotic heart disease . Now , early recognition and intervention is possible with the availability of sophisticated imaging and interventional modalities.
Our understanding of this entity , even though appears complete . . . it is not , especially the complexities of the collate ...
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Hospital Uses Gore Tag Implant To Treat Traumatic Aortic Injury – Interventional Endovascular Surgery
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Medical QuackPosted
Mon 15 Feb 2010 10:05pm
This is part of a clinical trial for Aortic damage in the heart. As the article statesif someone has been in an auto accident their aorta may be torn and damaged and now along with many other procedures for the heartthis has become an alternative to cutting open the chest.
If a patient is injured badly and too weak to undergo major hear ...
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The Aortic dissection : What you wanted to know about true and false lumen !
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Dr. Sangareddi V.Posted
Tue 24 Mar 2009 3:58pm
Why is identifying false and true lumen important ?
This helps the interventional cardiologist to plan the specific therapeutic procedure .
Is it really difficult to differentiate the two ?
O ne may wonder , why is that difficult to identify the true aortic lumen by echo, after all , the LV empties the blood into true aortic ...
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Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Stroke
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Dr. Steve MurphyPosted
Tue 12 May 2009 3:48pm
Today I am writing to bring your attention to another gene found in Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm. There is a nice genetic review on the subject at GeneTests.org
The problem with Aneurysms is that they are essentially ticking time bombs in the body often waiting to explode and ultimately kill you by bleeding in your brain, chest or belly. ...
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One more cause for dynamic LVOT obstruction : Abnormal Aortic angle ?
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Dr. Sangareddi V.Posted
Tue 22 Feb 2011 10:57pm
Inter-ventricular septum is generally in parallel alignment with Anterior aspect of root of aorta.
Have a look at this echo form a 65year old man
Note the classical bend of basal IVS encroaching the LVOT. Aortic valve opens normally.
The basal septum Projecting into LVOT
Pseudo LVOT gradient. It was about 25mmhg w ...
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