descending artery
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdescendingandartery
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descending
adjective
uk/dɪˈsen.dɪŋ/us/dɪˈsen.dɪŋ/
used to refer to a body part that is in a ...
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artery
noun[C]
uk/ˈɑː.tər.i/us/ˈɑːr.t̬ɚ.i/
one of the thick tubes that carry blood from the heart to other parts of ...
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In these instances, it is easy to stretch the right coronary or anteriordescendingarteryafter the translocation.
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The dominant right coronary artery (giving rise to the posteriordescendingartery) had a stenotic orifice.
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In the other four, either the left coronary artery or the left anteriordescendingarterywas occluded (3) or severely stenosed (1).
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In all three analyses, we assumed that the reference patient had two-vessel disease without involvement of the proximal left anteriordescendingartery.
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The left anteriordescendingarterywas 1.9+0.2 mm and 2.4+0.2 mm (p<0.01), respectively.
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The severe stenosis appears the most frequently at the proximal portion of the left anteriordescendingarteryand secondly at the main trunk of the main coronary artery.
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Sinusoidal connections from the right ventricle to the right coronary artery and to the sclerotic left anteriordescendingarterywere identified in serial sections of the right ventricle and septum.
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It branches into the posteriordescendingarteryand the right marginal artery.
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Posteriordescendingarterynot visible, but it runs near the middle cardiac vein, which is labeled at the bottom.
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Revascularization of the left anteriordescendingarterywith the left internal mammary artery is by far the best treatment option in terms of long term results.
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