Abstract
Methods A retrospective analysis of serial Asc Ao dimension was made of 31 patients (mean age 46±14, 68% male and 32% female) with BAV who underwent at least 2 cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging study (CMR) > 4 months apart from January 2002 to September 2012 at the Royal Brompton Hospital. Patients with associated aortic coarctation or aortic valvular dysfunction were excluded. Images were acquired with either a Siemens Avanto or Siemens Sonata scanner. Maximal intraluminal Asc Ao diameters at the level of right pulmonary artery (RPA) were measured in end diastole using the axial single-shot spin-echo (HASTE) sequence. The rate of change in aortic dimension per year was calculated.
Highlights
Background bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the commonest congenital cardiac defect, longitudinal studies investigating the natural history of its associated aortic dilatation are scarce
A retrospective analysis of serial ascending aortic (Asc Ao) dimension was made of 31 patients with BAV who underwent at least 2 cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging study (CMR) > 4 months apart from January 2002 to September 2012 at the Royal Brompton Hospital
Maximal intraluminal Asc Ao diameters at the level of right pulmonary artery (RPA) were measured in end diastole using the axial single-shot spin-echo (HASTE) sequence
Summary
Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the commonest congenital cardiac defect, longitudinal studies investigating the natural history of its associated aortic dilatation are scarce. We aim to retrospectively investigate the progression of ascending aortic (Asc Ao) dilatation in BAV patients
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