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16.06.2017 | Original Paper
Association between flow skewness and aortic dilatation in patients with aortic stenosis
verfasst von:
Hojin Ha, Hyun Jung Koo, June Goo Lee, Guk Bae Kim, Jihoon Kweon, Sang Joon Lee, Joon Won Kang, Tae Hwan Lim, Dae Hee Kim, Jong Min Song, Duk Hyun Kang, Jae Kwan Song, Young Hak Kim, Namkug Kim, Dong Hyun Yang
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The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
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Ausgabe 12/2017
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Abstract
We investigated association between hemodynamic characteristics and aortic dilatation in patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS). Eighty patients with severe AS (mean age, 67.2 ± 12.5 years) who underwent multi-detector computed tomography and phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging at the ascending aorta were retrospectively analyzed. Patients with an ascending aorta diameter >4 cm had a significantly higher forward flow rate at systole (28.5 ± 6.0 vs. 36.2 ± 8.6 L min, P < 0.001), and retrograde flow rate at systole (11.3 ± 4.2 vs. 18.8 ± 5.8 L min, P < 0.001), fractional reverse ratio (a ratio of retrograde flow rate to forward flow rate; 34.1 ± 11.9% vs. 43.5 ± 18.0%, P = 0.014), flow skewness Rskewness (a ratio of sum of forward and retrograde systole flow to net systole flow rate; 2.4 ± 0.7 vs. 3.2 ± 1.0, P < 0.001). The presence of bicuspid aortic valve (BAV; odds ratio [OR] 72.01, 95% confidence interval [CI] 10.57–490.46, P < 0.001), Left ventricular mass index (LVMI; OR 1.02 /g/m2; CI 1.00–1.04, P = 0.043) and Rskewness (OR 5.6 per 1, 95% CI 1.8–17.1, P = 0.001) were associated with aortic dilatation. BAV, LVMI, and increased Rskewness in the ascending aorta are associated with aortic dilatation in patients with AS.