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 183 publications over 30 distinct years, with a maximum of 16 publications in 2011

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	1	2	3
1996	0	5	5
1997	4	2	6
1998	1	1	2
2000	1	0	1
2001	3	3	6
2002	3	3	6
2003	1	6	7
2004	3	2	5
2005	3	0	3
2006	7	4	11
2007	5	2	7
2008	3	3	6
2009	7	3	10
2010	9	1	10
2011	14	2	16
2012	4	3	7
2013	7	1	8
2014	9	3	12
2015	8	1	9
2016	5	4	9
2017	6	2	8
2018	2	2	4
2019	4	2	6
2020	3	2	5
2021	4	1	5
2022	0	1	1
2023	0	1	1
2024	3	0	3
2025	0	1	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 Feb 04; 67(2).

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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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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 Apr; 169(4):1182-1190.e4.

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Ramirez A, Vyzas CA, Zhao H, Eng K, Degenhardt K, Astrof S. Buffering Mechanism in Aortic Arch Artery Formation and Congenital Heart Disease. Circ Res. 2024 May 10; 134(10):e112-e132.

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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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S? MP, Jacquemyn X, Tasoudis PT, Van den Eynde J, Erten O, Sicouri S, Dokollari A, Torregrossa G, Kurz S, Heuts S, Nienaber CA, Coselli JS, Ramlawi B. Long-term outcomes of total arch replacement versus proximal aortic replacement in acute type A aortic dissection: Meta-analysis of Kaplan-Meier-derived individual patient data. J Card Surg. 2022 Dec; 37(12):4256-4266.

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Memon S, Friend E, Samuel SP, Goykhman I, Kalra S, Janzer S, George JC. 3D Printing of Carotid Artery and Aortic Arch Anatomy: Implications for Preprocedural Planning and Carotid Stenting. J Invasive Cardiol. 2021 Sep; 33(9):E723-E729.

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Aru RG, Tyagi SC, Minion DJ, Orr NT, Bounds MC. Carotid-Carotid Transposition for Zone 1 Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair. Ann Vasc Surg. 2021 Oct; 76:325-329.

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Aru RG, Richie CD, Badia DJ, Romesberg AM, Sheppard MB, Minion DJ, Tyagi S. Hybrid Repair of Type B Aortic Dissection With Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysmal Degeneration in the Setting of Marfan Syndrome. Vasc Endovascular Surg. 2021 Aug; 55(6):619-622.

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Yerokun BA, Vallabhajosyula P, Vekstein AM, Grau-Sepulveda MV, Benrashid E, Xian Y, Ranney DN, Jung SH, Jacobs JP, Badhwar V, Thourani VH, Bavaria JE, Hughes GC. Long-term outcomes of aortic root operations in the United States among Medicare beneficiaries. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2023 02; 165(2):554-565.e6.

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