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Definition
Undergoing surgery for disease of the aorta needing excision and surgical replacement of a portion of the diseased aorta with a graft. For this definition, aorta means the thoracic and abdominal aorta but not its branches. Cover usually includes surgery for traumatic injury to the aorta needing excision and surgical replacement of a portion of the aorta with a graft.
What does this mean?
The aorta is the main artery in the body, which carries the blood on the beginning of its journey around the body. The aorta may be weakened by an aneurysm – which is a thinning and bulging of the arterial wall, or it may become narrowed by fatty deposits. An operation can be carried out to correct the narrowing or to replace or repair the damaged part of the aorta wall.
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