Influence of age and sex on aortic distensibility assessed by MRI in healthy subjects

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 255-263

  Rose, Jean Loïc ^a   Lalande, Alain ^b   Bouchot, Olivier ^c   Bourennane, El Bey ^b   Walker, Paul M ^b   Ugolini, Patricia ^d   Revol Muller, Chantal ^a   Cartier, Raymond ^d   Brunotte, François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aorta; Automatic processing; Elasticity; Healthy subjects; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; AORTA WALL; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION METHOD; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; CALCULATION; DESCENDING AORTA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORACIC AORTA; VALIDITY;

EID: 77349099266     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.07.001     Document Type: Article

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