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Aortic and Arterial Aneurysms

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The aorta is the body’s major conductance vessel, through which all oxygenated blood passes. As an elastic artery, the aortic wall consists of three layers: intima, media, and adventitia. The arteries arising along its course give rise to the vasa vasorum, which supply a capillary network to the adventitia and media of the thoracic aorta; however, vasa vasorum do not supply the media of the abdominal aorta. Systolic ejection of blood from the left ventricle creates a pressure wave that traverses the aorta producing radial expansion and contraction and transfer of energy to the aortic wall. During diastole, the aortic wall recoils, transforming potential to kinetic energy and driving blood into the peripheral vessels.

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  1. Mardi Gomberg-Maitland
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  1. Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Cardiovascular Division, Simon C. Fireman Scholar in Cardiovascular Medicine, Vascular Center, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Mark A. Creager MD (Associate Professor, Director) (Associate Professor, Director)

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Gomberg-Maitland, M., Halperin, J.L., Creager, M.A. (2003). Aortic and Arterial Aneurysms. In: Creager, M.A. (eds) Atlas of Vascular Disease. Current Medicine Group, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4564-1_1

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