welcomes you to the new, improved website!Aortic dissection frequently occurs in patients with normal aortic diameter. The authors indexed aortic area to height and correlated with absolute aortic diameter. Using this new index, they were able to identify a significant proportion of patients with thoracic aortic aneurysms who were at increased risk of aortic complications.
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Analysis of Aortic Area/Height Ratio in Patients With Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm and Type A Dissection
Submitted by: Emily Robinson
Source: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Source URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezy110
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Author(s): Metesh Nalin Acharya, Pouya Youssefi, Gopal Soppa, Oswaldo Valencia, Justin Nowell, Robin Kanagasabay, Mark Edsell, Robert Morgan, Maite Tome, Marjan Jahangiri
