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He is suggesting a screening program that involves a quick ultrasound scan of the carotid arteries in the neck for cholesterol blockage, the leading cause of strokes; the abdominal aorta for aneurysms; and the femoral arteries in the legs, a potent indicator of cholesterol blockage of the coronary arteries the leading cause of heart attacks.

While the calcium deposits around the abdominal aorta are themselves harmless, you don't want the fatty deposits in the lining getting any thicker and calcifying, further affecting the elasticity of your arteries.

The knife also caused damage to the abdominal aorta resulting internal severe bleeding.

An aberrant right pulmonary artery arising from the abdominal aorta at the origin of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) supplying the right lower lung zone was also demonstrated.

Six hours after the LPS challenge, the rats were euthanased and blood samples were collected from the abdominal aorta.

The small, mesh-wire tube is inserted into the abdominal aorta, a vessel that provides blood to the lower body.

She said she went to several clinics and hospitals in northeast Arkansas and had to quit work before doctors figured out she had blockage in her abdominal aorta.

[FIGURE 1 OMITTED] [FIGURE 2 OMITTED] DIAGNOSIS Transient cardiac arrest IMAGING FINDINGS The CT scan that was acquired 70 seconds after the start of IV contrast administration showed a contrast agent deposit with a blood-contrast level in the dependent portion of the superior vena cava (Figure 1A) and the inferior vena cava (Figure 1B), dense opacification of the right portal and right hepatic veins (Figure 1C), contrast material pooling in the right renal parenchyma (Figure 1D), and a nonenhanced small abdominal aorta (Figure 1B, C, and D).