IrishCentral contributor, Max Burger, provides an excerpt, "The Student's Story" from his novel, "Even in Death".

The right coronary artery (RCA) arises further caudal, at the right aortic sinus ... side of the atrioventricular groove and the diaphragm. In 90% of the population, the posterior descending ...

The abdominal aorta begins after the aorta passes through a muscle called the diaphragm, at the level of the twelfth thoracic vertebra (a spot in the upper abdomen). From there, it travels downward, ...

If critical mediastinal structures (e.g., aorta and vertebral bodies ... for recurrence are limited to the resection margins of the diaphragm and pericardium, the lateral anterior and posterior ...

Other cardiac disorders that can cause back pain include: The pain from an aortic rupture is rapid and ... The pancreas is ...

Internal diameters of the distal transverse aortic arch (distal to left carotid artery) and descending aorta (at the level of the diaphragm) were measured and this ratio was chosen to express the ...

Aortic valve stenosis “reduces or blocks blood flow from ... or the nerve that controls the diaphragm, he said. “PFA is a new way of destroying cardiac tissue. Eighteen volts of high energy creates an ...

The diaphragm will move downward 1-2 cm in normal ... An example of a deceleration injury is the shearing of the aorta by the ligamentum arteriosum, which normally holds the aorta upright in ...