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In a recent paper, they reported that fibrillin-1 levels in the blood of patients with bulging aortas were two and a half times higher than in those who did not have enlarged aortas.

From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2013

He turned his attention to a pair of aortas.

From Forbes • Jan. 29, 2013

Marfan victims often die young, in fact, after their aortas grow threadbare and rupture.

From Slate • Jul. 26, 2012

She wasn’t having much pain, and that was typical of patients who have dilated aortas.

From Scientific American • Apr. 28, 2012

The blood leaves the left ventricle through a single vessel, the common aorta, consisting of the anterior and posterior aortas, which give off the large arteries.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry