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Please tell me what does a tortuous aorta mean?
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Tortuous aorta: Usually implies atherosclerotic or other degenerative vascular disease.
Answered 8/4/2018
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Usually meaningless: It just means that your aorta…the major blood vessel that leaves your heart is curvy. It has many potential causes but in in of itself is completely meaningless.
Answered 3/11/2019
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