Ascending aorta diameters measured by echocardiography using both leading edge-to-leading edge and inner edge-to-inner edge conventions in healthy volunteers

Abstract

End-diastolic AAoD measured using IE were significantly smaller than those obtained either using LE convention or at end-systole. Gender-specific reference values for AAoD indexed for BSA should be used to identify ascending aorta pathology.

Natural history of aortic root aneurysms in Marfan syndrome

“…Official reports from the Department of Radiology at YNHH were reviewed, and radiographic measurements were doubly confirmed by the senior author (John A. Elefteriades) or by another senior team member (Mohammad A. Zafar). Measurements from echocardiography were preferred (due to its efficacy in visualizing the root) and measurements taken using the leading-edge-to-leading-edge technique, in diastole (21).…”

Adult echocardiographic nomograms: overview, critical review and creation of a software for automatic, fast and easy calculation of normal values

“…Our research highlighted how there was sufficient agreement on criteria of inclusion adopted by latest major studies ( 1 5 -2 3 , 3 8 , 5 1 , 5 2 , 6 3 ) . H y p e r l i p i d e m i a , s y s t e m i c hypertension, diabetes mellitus, lung disease, renal failure, liver failure, genetic syndrome, neuro-muscular disorders, abnormal electrocardiographic and/or echocardiographic findings, connective tissue disease, and poor image quality have been used as exclusion criteria in the majority of works (15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)38,51,52,63). Pregnant or lactating women, athletes, and subjects addicted to alcohol were also excluded by a few authors (15,16,60), and some studies also evaluated smoking (15,21,38,82), anaemia and fever (15,16) as exclusion criteria.…”

“…H y p e r l i p i d e m i a , s y s t e m i c hypertension, diabetes mellitus, lung disease, renal failure, liver failure, genetic syndrome, neuro-muscular disorders, abnormal electrocardiographic and/or echocardiographic findings, connective tissue disease, and poor image quality have been used as exclusion criteria in the majority of works (15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)38,51,52,63). Pregnant or lactating women, athletes, and subjects addicted to alcohol were also excluded by a few authors (15,16,60), and some studies also evaluated smoking (15,21,38,82), anaemia and fever (15,16) as exclusion criteria. However, in some studies (15,19,38,43,52,54,63,82), inclusion criteria were well defined, in other sufficiently explained (20,21,24,30,50,52,61,67,70,74,76), while in few works the criteria were more generic (23,24,26,…”

“…Pregnant or lactating women, athletes, and subjects addicted to alcohol were also excluded by a few authors (15,16,60), and some studies also evaluated smoking (15,21,38,82), anaemia and fever (15,16) as exclusion criteria. However, in some studies (15,19,38,43,52,54,63,82), inclusion criteria were well defined, in other sufficiently explained (20,21,24,30,50,52,61,67,70,74,76), while in few works the criteria were more generic (23,24,26,58,59,69,73).…”

“…Almost all studies presented data as mean values (plus or minus standard deviation) normalised by gender, age groups and at times indexed by body surface area (BSA) (15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(34)(35)(36)38,50,58,59,61,90,91). A few studies used percentile (35,72,(76)(77)(78)80) and one study employed z scores (41) that are commonly used in the pediatric age group.…”