aortitis

noun

aortitis

noun

Etymology From aort- + -itis.

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Medicine, Pathology, Sciences Inflammation of the aorta.

In other maternal heart disease we had 7 aortitises, 5 cardiomyopathies, 1 primary pulmonary hypertension, angina pectoris with familial hyperrholesterolaemia and pericarditis.1986, Kazuo Maeda, Kazuo Okuyama, Yoshihiko Takeda, Recent advances in perinatology:
The presence of inflammatory cells in the aortic media or adventitia is indicative of aortitis.2008, José Biller, The Interface of Neurology & Internal Medicine, →ISBN, page 106:

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Aortitis can affect any site in the aorta but has a predilection for the ascending aorta with a tendency to cause dilatation, aneurysms and aortic valve insufficiency (Figs. 42.1 and 42.2).2010, Allen P. Burke, Fabio Tavora, Practical Cardiovascular Pathology, →ISBN, page 419:

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