Determinants and normal values of ascending aortic diameter by age, gender, and race/ethnicity in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 360-368

  Turkbey, Evrim B ^a   Jain, Aditya ^b   Johnson, Craig ^c   Redheuil, Alban ^d   Arai, Andrew E ^e   Gomes, Antoinette S ^f   Carr, James ^g   Hundley, W Gregory ^h   Teixido Tura, Gisela ^b   Eng, John ^b   Lima, João A C ^b   Bluemke, David A ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^e NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiovascular risk factors; MRI; normal value; thoracic aorta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REFERENCE VALUE; VERY ELDERLY;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTORS; MRI; NORMAL VALUE; THORACIC AORTA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892694208     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.24183     Document Type: Article

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