CONCURRENT CARDIAC PATHOLOGIES IN PATIENTS WITH ANEURSYM OF THE ASCENDING AORTA ASSESSED BY CARDIAC MRI

CONCURRENT CARDIAC PATHOLOGIES IN PATIENTS WITH ANEURSYM OF THE ASCENDING AORTA ASSESSED BY CARDIAC MRI

Tondapu VR; Mikolich B; Mikolich JR

Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology

2021

2021-05-11

Cardiac pathologies, such as aortic stenosis (AS), aortic regurgitation (AR), mitral regurgitation (MR), bicuspid aortic valve (BAV), LV hypertrophy/dilation, and reduced EF can be associated with ascending aortic aneurysm (AsAoA). Since non-gated Chest CT Angio and Chest MRA do not adequately visualize moving cardiac structures, this study was designed to assess the prevalence of cardiac pathologies associated with AsAoA using ECG-gated cardiac MRI (CMR).

An institutional cardiac imaging database was queried for patients with AsAoA (diameter > 4.0 cm perpendicular to flow on CMR). The prevalence of cardiac pathologies including AS (valve area <2 cm2), 1+ and 2+ AR, 1+ and 2+ MR, BAV, LV Wall Thickness ≥ 1.1 cm, LVEDD ≥ 5.7cm, and EF < 55% were computed from the final CMR report.

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NEOMED College of Medicine

Department of Internal Medicine

Jan to Aug list 2021