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aortic reconstruction

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aortic reconstruction,
restoration of function to a damaged or atretic aorta as by bypass or aortoplasty.

reconstruction [re″kon-struk´shun]
1. the reassembling or re-forming of something from constituent parts.
2. surgical restoration of function of a body part, such as with a bypass or plastic surgery.
aortic reconstruction restoration of function to a damaged aorta, as by bypass or aortoplasty.


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