"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.
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
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A07.231.114.056.372
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Aorta, Thoracic" by people in this website by year, and whether "Aorta, Thoracic" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2000 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2005 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 2006 | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| 2007 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2008 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2009 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2010 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 2011 | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2012 | 13 | 5 | 18 |
| 2013 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
| 2014 | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| 2015 | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 2016 | 17 | 3 | 20 |
| 2017 | 17 | 3 | 20 |
| 2018 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 2019 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 2020 | 17 | 4 | 21 |
| 2021 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2022 | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| 2023 | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 2024 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Aorta, Thoracic" by people in Profiles.
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Aortic and arterial manifestations and clinical features in TGFB3-related heritable thoracic aortic disease: results from the Montalcino Aortic Consortium. J Med Genet. 2025 Jan 27; 62(2):82-88.
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Mitral Annular Disjunction in Heritable Thoracic Aortic Disease: Insights From the Montalcino Aortic Consortium. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Nov 05; 13(21):e036274.
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Left Ventricular Strain, Arch Angulation, and Velocity-Time Integral Ratio Improve Performance of a Clinical Pathway for Fetal Diagnosis of Neonatal Coarctation of the Aorta. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2024; 51(4):320-334.
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Distal Extent of Resection in Type A Dissection: Keeping It Simple. Tex Heart Inst J. 2024 Mar 21; 51(1).
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Incidental finding and treatment of an anomalous aortic origin of the right coronary artery in a pediatric donor's heart prior to implantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2024 Jul; 43(7):1193-1195.
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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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Long-Term Outcomes of Ascending Sliding Arch Aortoplasty. World J Pediatr Congenit Heart Surg. 2024 Jul; 15(4):432-438.
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Unplanned readmissions, community socioeconomic factors, and their effects on long-term survival after complex thoracic aortic surgery. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2025 Jan; 169(1):26-35.e2.
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Anomalous Aortic Origin of a Coronary Artery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2024 06; 117(6):1074-1086.
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Corkscrew Mesenteric Arteries and Tortuous Descending Aorta in Autosomal Recessive Cutis Laxa. Radiol Cardiothorac Imaging. 2023 Dec; 5(6):e230138.