Elongated and tortuous aorta on Chest X ray sounds like thoracic part of the aorta. This can be elongated & become tortuous from a number of causes. In an adult of his age it is likely to be due to atherosclerosis & high blood pressure. CAD is coronary artery disease. It is a type of heart disease.
MAIN IDEA â¢ Chief point an author is making about a topic. It sums up the authorâs primary message. Topic Sentence; Statement of the main idea. It is the statement under which all other material in the paragraph â examples, reasons, facts, details and other evidence â can fit. EXAMPLE: (refer to above example) Notice that all information is after the first sentence is about ways to reduce noise pollution.
Being able to determine the main idea helps readers to recall important information. Students need to pay attention to the most relevant information in the text and to guide them to develop a main. idea statement based on the following information: â¢ Who or what the paragraph is about (the topic of the paragraph, which will usually be the subject of the. main idea statement). â¢ The most important information about the âwhoâ or âwhatâ. Students are taught to combine the above elements into a main idea statement with 10 words or less, eliminating nonessential details. The following teaching steps are adapted from Denton, C., Bryan, D., Wexler, J., Reed, D. Vaughn, S. (2007)