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Largest artery in the human body
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RETRACTED: Endothelial expression of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 protects the murine heart and aorta from pressure overload by suppression of TGF-β signaling
scientific article published on March 8, 2012
Systemic inflammatory response syndrome predicts increased mortality in patients after transcatheter aortic valve implantation
scientific article published on January 26, 2012
Pre-Procedural Hemodynamic Status Improves the Discriminatory Value of the Aortic Regurgitation Index in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
scientific article published on April 2016
Coexisting proinflammatory and antioxidative endothelial transcription profiles in a disturbed flow region of the adult porcine aorta.
scholarly article
MicroRNAs differentially expressed in postnatal aortic development downregulate elastin via 3' UTR and coding-sequence binding sites
scientific article
Fatal aortic dissection due to a fulminant variety of isolated aortitis
scientific article published on September 2009
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The aorta ( ay-OR-tÉ™; pl.: aortas or aortae) is the main and largest artery in the human body, originating from the left ventricle of the heart, branching upwards immediately after, and extending down to the abdomen, where it splits at the aortic bifurcation into two smaller arteries (the common iliac arteries). The aorta distributes oxygenated...

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