Assessment of the thoracic aorta by multidetector computed tomography: Age- and sex-specific reference values in adults without evident cardiovascular disease

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 298-308

  Lin, Fay Y ^a   Devereux, Richard B ^a   Roman, Mary J ^a   Meng, Joyce ^a   Jow, Veronica M ^a   Jacobs, Avrum ^a   Weinsaft, Jonathan W ^a   Shaw, Leslee J ^b   Berman, Daniel S ^c   Gilmore, Amanda ^d   Callister, Tracy Q ^e   Min, James K ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Health Benchmarks Inc   (United States)

^e Tennessee Heart and Vascular Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic root; Computed tomography; Normal; Thoracic aorta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY SURFACE; DESCENDING AORTA; DIASTOLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLE; THORACIC AORTA;

AGE FACTORS; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTOGRAPHY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 53149150932     PISSN: 19345925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcct.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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