Correlation between bicuspid aortic valve fusion phenotype and aortic arch morphology using MRI

✍ Scribed by Alexander Turin; Bryce Merritt; Jennifer A Febbo; Michael Markl; James Carr

• Publisher: BioMed Central
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 69 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1097-6647
• DOI: 10.1186/1532-429x-14-s1-p91

✦ Synopsis

The purpose of this study is to use magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) to evaluate the relationship between different patterns of bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) fusion and aortic arch morphologies, as characterized by the carotid-subclavian artery (CSA) index -of the aortic diameter at the left subclavian artery to the distance between the left carotid artery and the left subclavian artery -and aortic arch height and width dimensions.