Lidia R. Bons1, Lucas Uchoa de Assis1, Silvy Dekker1, Robert M. Kauling1, Judith A.A.E. Cuypers1, Hence J.M. Verhagen2, Ricardo P.J. Budde3, Jolien W. Roos‐Hesselink1
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.13, No.6, pp. 988-996, 2018, DOI:10.1111/chd.12663
Abstract Objective: The aim is to present current clinical practice of thoracic aorta screening in
a tertiary referral center. We identified how often imaging techniques were used for
screening and established the value of transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in com‐
parison with computed tomography (CT) to detect aortic dilation. We also investigated
which additional abnormalities of the heart, aorta or smaller arteries were discovered.
Design: All patients ≥15 years who visited our tertiary center in 2012‐2016 for first
thoracic aortic screening were retrospectively included. Diameters of the sinus of
Valsalva (SoV) and maximum ascending aorta (AA) were compared between TTE and
CT.… More >
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