Status: current, Not sufficiently defined by necessary conditions definition status (core metadata concept). Date: 31-Jan 2002. Module: SNOMED CT core
Descriptions:
| Outbound Relationships | Type | Target | Active | Characteristic | Refinability | Group | Values | 
| Entire descending thoracic aorta | Is a | Structure of descending thoracic aorta | true | Inferred relationship | Some | ||
| Entire descending thoracic aorta | Part of | Entire thoracic aorta | false | Additional relationship | Some | 
| Inbound Relationships | Type | Active | Source | Characteristic | Refinability | Group | 
| Construction of conduit - apex of left ventricle to descending aorta | Procedure site | False | Entire descending thoracic aorta | Inferred relationship | Some | |
| Creation of shunt of descending aorta to pulmonary artery | Procedure site | False | Entire descending thoracic aorta | Inferred relationship | Some | 
This concept is not in any reference sets