Age-dependent changes in elastic properties of thoracic aorta evaluated by magnetic resonance in normal subjects

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 674-679

  Aquaro, Giovanni Donato ^a   Cagnolo, Alessandro ^a   Tiwari, Kaushal Kumar ^a   Todiere, Giancarlo ^a   Bevilacqua, Stefano ^a   Di Bella, Gianluca ^b   Ait Ali, Lamia ^c   Festa, Pierluigi ^a   Glauber, Mattia ^a   Lombardi, Massimo ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE TOSCANA GABRIELE MONASTERIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF CLINICAL PHYSIOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic stiffness; Elastic properties of aorta; Magnetic resonance imaging; Maximal rate of systolic distension; Pulse wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; BODY MASS; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MAXIMUM RATE OF SYSTOLIC DISTENSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; THORACIC AORTA; VASODILATATION; WEIGHT;

AORTIC STIFFNESS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF AORTA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAXIMAL RATE OF SYSTOLIC DISTENSION; PULSE WAVE PROPAGATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; AORTA, THORACIC; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884995312     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivt261     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Laurent S, Cockcroft J, Van Bortel L. Expert consensus document on arterial stiffness: methodological issues and clinical applications. Eur Heart J 2006;27:2588-605.
2. Mitchell GF, Hwang SJ, Vasan RS, Larson MG, Pencina MJ, Hamburg NM et al. Arterial stiffness and cardiovascular events: the Framingham Heart Study. Circulation 2010;121:505-11.
3. Vlachopoulos C, Aznaouridis K, Stefanadis C. Prediction of cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality with arterial stiffness: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Am Coll Cardiol 2010;55:1318-27.
4. Redheuil A, Yu WC, Wu CO, Mousseaux E, de Cesare A, Yan R et al. Reduced ascending aortic strain and distensibility: earliest manifestations of vascular aging in humans. Hypertension 2010;55:319-26.
5. Rogers WJ, Hu YL, Coast D, Vido DA, Kramer CM, Pyeritz RE et al. Age-associated changes in regional aortic pulse wave velocity. J Am Coll Cardiol 2001;38:1123-9.
6. Mohiaddin RH, Firmin DN, Longmore DB. Age-related changes of human aortic flow wave velocity measured noninvasively by magnetic resonance imaging. J Appl Physiol 1993;74:492-7.
7. Groenink M, de Roos A, Mulder BJ, Verbeeten B Jr, Timmermans J, Zwinderman AH et al. Biophysical properties of the normal-sized aorta in patients with Marfan syndrome: evaluation with MR flow mapping. Radiology 2001;219:535-40.
8. Hirata K, Triposkiadis F, Sparks E, Bowen J, Wooley CF, Boudoulas H. The Marfan syndrome: abnormal aortic elastic properties. J Am Coll Cardiol 1992;18:57-63.
9. Jeremy RW, Huang H, Hwa J, McCarron H, Hughes CF, Richards JG. Relation between age, arterial distensibility, and aortic dilatation in the Marfan syndrome. Am J Cardiol 1994;74:369-73.
10. Savolainen A, Keto P, Hekali P, Nisula L, Kaitila I, Viitasalo M et al. Aortic distensibility in children with the Marfan syndrome. Am J Cardiol 1992;70: 691-3.
11. Debl K, Djavidani B, Buchner S, Poschenrieder F, Schmid FX, Kobuch R et al. Dilatation of the ascending aorta in bicuspid aortic valve disease: A magnetic resonance imaging study. Clin Res Cardiol 2009; 98:114-20.
12. Aquaro GD, Ait-Ali L, Basso ML, Lombardi M, Pingitore A, Festa P. Elastic properties of aortic wall in patients with bicuspid aortic valve by magnetic resonance imaging. Am J Cardiol 2011;108:81-7.
13. Nollen GJ, Groenink M, Tijssen JG, Van Der Wall EE, Mulder BJ. Aortic stiffness and diameter predict progressive aortic dilatation in patients with Marfan syndrome. Eur Heart J 2004;25:1146-52.
14. Chen CH, Nevo E, Fetics B, Pak PH, Yin FC, Maughan WL et al. Estimation of central aortic pressure waveform by mathematical transformation of radial tonometry pressure. Validation of generalized transfer function. Circulation 1997;95:1827-36.
15. Lionetti V, Guiducci L, Simioniuc A, Aquaro GD, Simi C, De Marchi D et al. Mismatch between uniform increase in cardiac glucose uptake and regional contractile dysfunction in pacing-induced heart failure. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2007;293:H2747-56.
16. Grotenhuis HB, Ottenkamp J, Westenberg JJ, Bax JJ, Kroft LJ, de Roos A. Reduced aortic elasticity and dilatation are associated with aortic regurgitation and left ventricular hypertrophy in nonstenotic bicuspid aortic valve patients. J Am Coll Cardiol 2007;49:1660-5.
17. Fritze O, Romero B, Schleicher M, Jacob MP, Oh D, Starcher B et al. Age-related changes in the elastic tissue of the human aorta. J Vasc Res 2012;49:77-86.
18. Westenberg JJ, Scholte AJ, Vaskova Z, van der Geest RJ, Groenink M, Labadie G et al. Age-related and regional changes of aortic stiffness in the Marfan syndrome: assessment with velocity-encoded MRI. J Magn Reson Imaging 2011;34:526-31.
19. Maceira AM, Prasad SK, Khan M, Pennell DJ. Normalized left ventricular systolic and diastolic function by steady state free precession cardiovascular magnetic resonance. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2006;8: 417-26.
20. Maceira AM, Prasad SK, Khan M, Pennell DJ. Reference right ventricular systolic and diastolic function normalized to age, gender and body surface area from steady-state free precession cardiovascular magnetic resonance. Eur Heart J 2006;27:2879-88.