Words similar to aortic
Example sentences for: aortic
How can you use “aortic” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
Cardiovascular features included aortic dilatation in mid-life, one case of dissection at age 56 yr, and a high frequency of mitral valve prolapse associated with arrhythmia.
In 1993, a postmortem left pneumonectomy was performed in a 65-year-old man who died from acute respiratory distress syndrome complicating postoperative bronchopneumonia 5 days after surgical resection of a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm.
Initial reports of remarkably high prevalence of aortic and mitral regurgitation (AR and MR) as assessed by echocardiography in five separate populations [ 2 ] were subsequently supported by most [ 3 4 5 ] but not all investigators [ 6 ] . These uncontrolled reports were soon followed by a series of studies in which prevalence of echocardiographically-defined AR and MR were assessed in persons who had taken fenfluramine, dexfenfluramine, phentermine, or combinations of these medications and compared to unexposed, matched control populations [ 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ] . The most recent of these studies found 30% of persons currently taking fenfluramine or dexfenfluramine had mild or greater AR or moderate or greater MR, similar to the very high prevalence reported in older studies [ 15 ] . The only prospective study found a significant, exposure-related increase in the risk of clinically diagnosed valve disease among users of fenfluramine and dexfenfluramine, but not phentermine [ 16 ] .
These findings lend strong support to the view that fenfluramine and dexfenfluramine are potent causal factors in the development of both aortic and mitral valvular heart disease.
The study showed that the adaptive enlargement was associated with increased gene expression of TGF-β1 and β3, known as tissue remodeling mediators [ 12 17 29 ] . Gene expression of TGF-β1 and β3 was upregulated at 1 and 3 days and 1 week upon increase in blood flow, while the flow-induced aortic enlargement occurred 2 weeks after ACF creation.
Loading...