A new on-line method for predicting aortic root dilatation during two-dimensional echocardiography in pediatric patients with Marfan syndrome using the sinus of valsalva to annulus ratio.
Publication/Presentation Date
1-1-2003
Abstract
The objective of this study was to determine if calculation of the sinus of Valsalva to annulus ratio (SOV/Ann) effectively screens for root dilatation (ARD) during two-dimensional (2D) echocardiography in young patients (1 month-15 years) with suspected or confirmed Marfan syndrome. The aortic root was imaged using 2D echocardiography (parasternal long-axis view) and the SOV/Ann ratio calculated/analyzed in 27 Marfan patients and 45 age-matched controls. All controls had a SOV/Ann ratio
Volume
24
Issue
2
First Page
118
Last Page
121
ISSN
0172-0643
Published In/Presented At
Mart, C. R., Khan, S. A., Smith, F. C., & Kavey, R. E. (2003). A new on-line method for predicting aortic root dilatation during two-dimensional echocardiography in pediatric patients with Marfan syndrome using the sinus of valsalva to annulus ratio. Pediatric cardiology, 24(2), 118–121. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-002-0248-7
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Pediatrics
PubMedID
12370793
Department(s)
Department of Pediatrics
Document Type
Article