Abstract
Dilation of ascending aorta in Turner syndrome - short-term follow-up
Highlights
Aortic dissection causes excess mortality in Turner syndrome
Aortic diameters were comparable in Turner syndrome and controls, except from the distal aortic arch and the aortic isthmus (Table 1)
In Turner syndrome, bicuspid aortic valve, aortic coarctation, and elongated transverse aortic arch were present in 28%, 11%, and 38%. 45, × karyotype was seen in 61%
Summary
Kristian H Mortensen*1, Britta E Hjerrild, Niels H Andersen, Keld E Sorensen, Arne Hoerlyck, Erik Lundorf, Jens S Christiansen and. Address: 1Medical Department M (Endocrinology and Diabetes) and Research Laboratories, Aarhus Hospital NBG, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, 2Department of Cardiology, Skejby Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital., Aarhus, Denmark, 3The MR Centre, Skejby Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark and 4Department of Radiology, Skejby Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark. Published: 21 January 2010 Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2010, 12(Suppl 1):O27 doi:10.1186/1532-429X-12-S1-O27. Abstracts of the 13th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions - 2010 Meeting abstracts - A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/files/pdf/1532-429X-11-S1-info
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