in normal subjects , patients with mitral stenosis and in patients with lv volume overload , in whom the increased stroke volume was ejected forwards into the ascending aorta ( anaemia , aortic incompetence ) the amplitude of motion of the posterior aortic wall ( vp ) , the aortic widening fraction ( awf ) and total aortic motion ( tam ) were increased .
C0003956
ascending aorta
C0003483
aortic