Aorta, Thoracic

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The portion of the descending aorta proceeding from the arch of the aorta and extending to the DIAPHRAGM, eventually connecting to the ABDOMINAL AORTA.

Descriptor ID	D001013
MeSH Number(s)	A07.231.114.056.372
Concept/Terms	Aorta, Thoracic Aorta, Thoracic Thoracic Aorta Aortic Arch Aortic Arch Arch, Aortic Arch of the Aorta Aorta, Descending Aorta, Descending Descending Aorta

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Aorta, Thoracic".

Anatomy [A]
Cardiovascular System [A07]
Blood Vessels [A07.231]
Arteries [A07.231.114]
Aorta [A07.231.114.056]
Aorta, Thoracic [A07.231.114.056.372]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1998	0	1	1
2001	1	2	3
2002	0	1	1
2003	1	3	4
2005	0	1	1
2006	3	0	3
2007	0	4	4
2010	0	1	1
2011	0	1	1
2013	0	1	1
2015	1	0	1
2016	1	1	2
2017	2	0	2
2018	1	0	1
2019	1	0	1

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Baumer Y, McCurdy S, Jin X, Weatherby TM, Dey AK, Mehta NN, Yap JK, Kruth HS, Boisvert WA. Ultramorphological analysis of plaque advancement and cholesterol crystal formation in Ldlr knockout mouse atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis. 2019 08; 287:100-111.

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Thomas IC, Thompson CA, Yang M, Allison MA, Forbang NI, Michos ED, McClelland RL, Budoff MJ, Criqui MH. Thoracic Aorta Calcification and Noncardiovascular Disease-Related Mortality. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2018 08; 38(8):1926-1932.

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Chang L, Xiong W, Zhao X, Fan Y, Guo Y, Garcia-Barrio M, Zhang J, Jiang Z, Lin JD, Chen YE. Bmal1 in Perivascular Adipose Tissue Regulates Resting-Phase Blood Pressure Through Transcriptional Regulation of Angiotensinogen. Circulation. 2018 07 03; 138(1):67-79.

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Roman MJ, Pugh NL, Devereux RB, Eagle KA, Holmes K, LeMaire SA, Milewski RK, Morris SA, Prakash SK, Pyeritz RE, Ravekes WJ, Shohet RV, Song HK, Asch FM. Aortic Dilatation Associated With Bicuspid Aortic Valve: Relation to Sex, Hemodynamics, and Valve Morphology (the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute-Sponsored National Registry of Genetically Triggered Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Cardiovascular Conditions). Am J Cardiol. 2017 Oct 01; 120(7):1171-1175.

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Krupickova S, Muthurangu V, Hughes M, Tann O, Carr M, Christov G, Awat R, Taylor A, Marek J. Echocardiographic arterial measurements in complex congenital diseases before bidirectional Glenn: comparison with cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2017 Mar 01; 18(3):332-341.

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Dimitrievska S, Gui L, Weyers A, Lin T, Cai C, Wu W, Tuggle CT, Sundaram S, Balestrini JL, Slattery D, Tchouta L, Kyriakides TR, Tarbell JM, Linhardt RJ, Niklason LE. New Functional Tools for Antithrombogenic Activity Assessment of Live Surface Glycocalyx. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2016 09; 36(9):1847-53.

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Weinsaft JW, Devereux RB, Preiss LR, Feher A, Roman MJ, Basson CT, Geevarghese A, Ravekes W, Dietz HC, Holmes K, Habashi J, Pyeritz RE, Bavaria J, Milewski K, LeMaire SA, Morris S, Milewicz DM, Prakash S, Maslen C, Song HK, Silberbach GM, Shohet RV, McDonnell N, Hendershot T, Eagle KA, Asch FM. Aortic Dissection in Patients With Genetically Mediated Aneurysms: Incidence and Predictors in the GenTAC Registry. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016 06 14; 67(23):2744-2754.

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Sivanandam S, Nyholm J, Wey A, Bass JL. Right Ventricular Enlargement In Utero: Is It Coarctation? Pediatr Cardiol. 2015 Oct; 36(7):1376-81.

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Lipskaia L, Bobe R, Chen J, Turnbull IC, Lopez JJ, Merlet E, Jeong D, Karakikes I, Ross AS, Liang L, Mougenot N, Atassi F, Lompr? AM, Tarzami ST, Kovacic JC, Kranias E, Hajjar RJ, Hadri L. Synergistic role of protein phosphatase inhibitor 1 and sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ -ATPase in the acquisition of the contractile phenotype of arterial smooth muscle cells. Circulation. 2014 Feb 18; 129(7):773-85.

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Kamanna VS, Ganji SH, Shelkovnikov S, Norris K, Vaziri ND. Iron sucrose promotes endothelial injury and dysfunction and monocyte adhesion/infiltration. Am J Nephrol. 2012; 35(2):114-9.

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