Sentence examples for aortic from inspiring English sources

He says he is always surprised by health warnings in countries outside Finland, as in his opinion saunas are safe for most people except those with unstable angina, a recent heart attack or a narrowing of their aortic valve – or if you feel unwell.

They are adjusting to the loss of their best reserve, Jeff Green, for the season, as he prepares to undergo heart surgery to repair an aortic aneurysm.

They developed a new method of implanting artificial aortic valves into a patient's heart without open surgery.

Only the left aortic arch persists.

Left-heart catheterization is accomplished by introducing a catheter into the brachial or femoral artery (in the upper arm and thigh, respectively) and advancing it through the aorta across the aortic valve and into the left ventricle.

Mitral and aortic valvular defects and myocardial disease can be evaluated by this technique.

Many options involve surveillance and surgery, such as regular checks of aortic root diameter followed by surgery to prevent aortic dissection in Marfan syndrome, or regular colonoscopies in persons at risk for familial colon cancer followed by surgical removal of the colon at the first signs of disease.

These are the aortic arches, which served originally to supply blood to the gills in aquatic vertebrates.

The normal aortic valve usually has three cusps, or leaflets, but the valve is bicuspid in 1 to 2 percent of the population.

Most mechanical hearts incorporate various centrifugal pumps, paracorporeal pulsatile pumps, cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) pumps, and the intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP).

Aortic-arch and heart-valve atresias cause serious difficulty in early life but can sometimes be repaired by surgery.