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Descending aorta

Known as: Aorta descendens, Aorta descending, Aorta, Descending 
The portion of the aorta following the aortic arch passing into the chest and abdomen creating the thoracic and abdominal segments.
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1995
1995
Initial experience with a steerable intravascular ultrasound catheter in the aorta and pulmonary artery.
The aim of this protocol was to test the feasibility and safety of a prototype steerable intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) catheter… 
1991
1991
Fetal and Umbilical Flow Velocity Waveforms Between 10–16 Weeks' Gestation: A Preliminary Study
Maximal flow velocity waveform recording was attempted in the umbilical artery, fetal descending aorta, and at the fetal… 
Review
1990
Review
1990
Flow in the descending aorta. A turn of the screw or a sideways glance?
F luid dynamics is an enormously complex field of study, both experimentally and theoretically, but is well outlined in a recent… 
1989
1989
[Intraluminal balloon occlusion of the aorta in traumatic massive hemorrhage].
Management of massive abdominal hemorrhage is a major challenge in trauma care. In this clinical setting high aortic blockade is… 
1986
1986
Fetal cardiac arrhythmias and their effect on volume blood flow in descending aorta of human fetus
Using a two‐dimensional linear array real‐time and pulsed Doppler ultrasound system, volume blood flow measurements were made in… 
1984
1984
Transellar intercavernous carotid anastomosis with agenesis of internal carotid artery and right-sided descending aorta: case report.
We report a patient with a transellar intercavernous carotid anastomosis associated with right-sided descending aorta and… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
A two-dimensional Doppler echocardiographic method for calculation of pulmonary and systemic blood flow in a canine model with a variable-sized left-to-right extracardiac shunt.
The purpose of this study was to validate a two-dimensional range-gated Doppler echocardiographic method for measurement of… 
1982
1982
Interruption of the aortic arch with right descending aorta
SummaryFour cases of interruption of the aortic arch with the rare association of right ductus arteriosus and right descending… 
1964
1964
SPINAL CORD LESIONS DUE TO COARCTATIO AORTAE.
Highly Cited
1939
Highly Cited
1939
A Radiographic Demonstration of the Circulation through the Heart in the Adult and in the Fœtus, and the Identification of the Ductus Arteriosus
The circulation of the blood through the heart of the adult and the fœtus is demonstrated by the analysis of X-ray…