another aorta is noted

“A mild degree of atherosclerotic calcification is noted within the arch of the aorta.”


“A mild degree of” = mild;
“is noted” should be omitted;
“within” = in;
“arch of the aorta” = aortic arch;
rewritten version: “Mildly calcified aortic arch.”

Since arch calcification is an Aunt Minnie would could skip the description jump right to the diagnosis, which is atherosclerosis. “Mild aortic atherosclerosis.”