Aorta, Thoracic

"Aorta, Thoracic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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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Bar chart showing 155 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 14 publications in 2011

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	3	3
1997	2	1	3
1998	1	0	1
2000	1	0	1
2001	3	2	5
2002	1	2	3
2003	1	6	7
2004	1	1	2
2005	1	0	1
2006	6	2	8
2007	4	2	6
2008	1	3	4
2009	7	2	9
2010	7	1	8
2011	12	2	14
2012	3	2	5
2013	7	1	8
2014	7	2	9
2015	8	1	9
2016	5	4	9
2017	6	2	8
2018	2	2	4
2019	4	1	5
2020	3	3	6
2021	3	1	4
2022	0	3	3
2023	0	2	2
2024	4	3	7
2025	1	0	1

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Yildiz M, Schoenhoff F, Werdecker V, Nucera M, Mosbahi S, Zhao Y, Goel N, Berezowski M, Lawrence K, Kapoor S, Kreibich M, Berger T, Kletzer J, Bavaria J, Szeto WY, Siepe M, Czerny M, Desai ND. Revisiting ascending aortic resection in the elective valve-sparing root replacement: assessing the benefits and necessity of hemiarch replacement at three centres?. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2025 02 04; 67(2).

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Wang GJ, Desai ND, Bavaria JE, Kasner SE, Patel HJ, Dake MD. Characterization of Strokes Following Gore Thoracic Branch Endografting Requiring Zone 2 Landing. Ann Vasc Surg. 2025 Jan; 110(Pt A):447-459.

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Desai ND, Vekstein A, Grau-Sepulveda M, O'Brien SM, Takayama H, Chen EP, Hughes GC, Bavaria JE, Shahian DM, Ouzounian M, Roselli EE, Jacobs JP, Badhwar V, Habib RH, Thourani V, Bowdish ME, Kim KM. Development of a Novel Society of Thoracic Surgeons Aortic Surgery Mortality and Morbidity Risk Model. Ann Thorac Surg. 2025 01; 119(1):109-119.

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DePaolo J, Biagetti G, Judy R, Wang GJ, Kelly JJ, Iyengar A, Goel NJ, Desai ND, Szeto WY, Bavaria JE, Levin MG, Damrauer SM. Polygenic Scoring for Detection of Ascending Thoracic Aortic Dilation. Circ Genom Precis Med. 2024 Oct; 17(5):e004512.

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Mosbahi S, Berezowski M, Bavaria JE, Kelly JJ, Goel N, Jiang F, Yildiz M, Zhao Y, Szeto WY, Desai ND. Long-Term Outcomes of Antegrade Thoracic Stent Grafting During Repair of Acute DeBakey I Dissection. Ann Thorac Surg. 2024 12; 118(6):1224-1234.

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Ahmad D, S? MP, Brown JA, Yousef S, Wang Y, Thoma F, Chu D, Kaczorowski DJ, West DM, Bonatti J, Yoon PD, Ferdinand FD, Serna-Gallegos D, Phillippi J, Sultan I. External validation of the ARCH score in patients undergoing aortic arch reconstruction under circulatory arrest. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2025 04; 169(4):1182-1190.e4.

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Baudo M, Sicouri S, Yamashita Y, Senzai M, Herman CR, Rodriguez R, Patel S, Ahmal B, Lo Rito M, Meisner R, Hirsch L, Uribe A, Ramlawi B. Clinical Presentation and Management of the Cervical Aortic Arch in the Adult Population: A Review of Case Reports. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2024 08; 38(8):1777-1785.

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Chou EL, Lu E, Dake MD, Fischbein MP, Bavaria JE, Oderich G, Makaroun MS, Charlton-Ouw KM, Naslund T, Suckow BD, Matsumura JS, Patel HJ, Azizzadeh A. Initial Outcomes of the Gore TAG Thoracic Branch Endoprosthesis for Endovascular Repair of Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury. Ann Vasc Surg. 2024 Jul; 104:147-155.

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Shah VN, Binongo J, Wei J, Till BM, King C, McGee J, Plestis KA. Upper Hemisternotomy Versus Full Sternotomy for Replacement of the Supracoronary Ascending Aorta and Aortic Valve. Innovations (Phila). 2024 Jan-Feb; 19(1):39-45.

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Aggarwal A, Mortensen P, Hao J, Kaczmarczyk L, Cheung AT, Al Ghofaily L, Gorman RC, Desai ND, Bavaria JE, Pouch AM. Strain estimation in aortic roots from 4D echocardiographic images using medial modeling and deformable registration. Med Image Anal. 2023 07; 87:102804.

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