A band of scar tissue that joins normally separated internal body structures, most often after surgery, inflammation, or injury in the area.

Conjoined, subordinate, or associated anatomic parts.

Alanine amino transferase.

Clear liquid that surrounds and protects the fetus throughout pregnancy.

Specialist who administers anesthetics (drugs or other agents to prevent or relieve pain during medical procedures) to a patient before being treated.

X-ray that uses dye injected into arteries so that blood circulation can be studied.

The use of a small balloon on the tip of a catheter inserted into a blood vessel to open up an area of blockage inside the vessel.

In x-ray imaging, taken or viewed from front to back (as opposed to from back to front, which is posteroanterior).

Swelling of the main blood vessel leaving the heart (aorta), usually representing an underlying weakness in the wall of the aorta at that location.

The valve that regulates blood flow from the heart into the aorta.