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subaortic

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subaortic /sub·aor·tic/ (sub″a-or´tik) below the aorta or the aortic valve.
subaortic
[-ā·ôr′tik]
Etymology: L, sub + Gk, aerein, to raise
pertaining to the area of the body below the aorta.

subaortic, subaortal
below the aorta.

subaortic septal defect
ventricular septal defect in the pars membranaceae of, and high up in, the septum.
subaortic stenosis
see aortic subvalvular stenosis.


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To make a long story shortish, I had hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (what I learned in medical school as idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis).
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