✦ LIBER ✦
Normal regional pulse wave velocity predicts absence of aortic luminal growth in patients with Marfan syndrome: a comprehensive MRI-study
✍ Scribed by Eleanore Kroner; Arthur Scholte; Patrick Koning; Pieter J van den Boogaard; Rob J van der Geest; Lucia J M Kroft; Hildo J Lamb; Yvonne Hilhorst-Hofstee; Maarten Groenink; Teodora Radonic; Barbara J Mulder; Ernst E van der Wall; Jeroen J Bax; Albert de Roos; Johan H Reiber; Jos J Westenberg
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 130 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6647
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✦ Synopsis
By using a comprehensive MRI-approach in patients with Marfan syndrome, increased regional pulse wave velocity in the ascending aorta can predict in 42% of the cases aortic luminal growth in the ascending aorta, while normal PWV can predict in 89% absence of luminal growth.