Table 37 References, normal aortic diameters, area and wall thickness in adults
First author, year | CMR technique | n, male:female | Age range (years) |
|---|---|---|---|
Burman, 2008 [85] | 1.5 T, cine bSSFP, luminal diameter at systole and diastole, average of 3 cusp-commissure and 3 cusp-cusp diameters, respectively on cross-sectional images of the aortic sinus and diameter of the aortic sinus on the sagittal LVOT plane | 60:60 | 20–80 |
Davis, 2014 [86] | 1.5 T, cine bSSFP, maximal luminal diameter at diastole, diameters calculated based on measurements of the area at 3 levels (ascending aorta, proximal and distal descending aorta) of the aorta on cross-sectional images and diameters at 3 levels (annulus, sinus, sinotubular junction) of the aortic root measured on the sagittal LVOT plane | 208:239 | 19–70 |
Turkbey, 2014 [83] | 1.5 T, luminal diameter of the ascending aorta measured on the magnitude image of a phase contrast sequence | 770:842 | 45–84 |
Eikendal, 2016 [84] | 3 T, fat suppressed 3D-T1-black blood VISTA acquired sagittal of the descending aorta, luminal and total vessel diameter and area, calculated average diameter, luminal and total vessel area, vessel wall area and thickness of the proximal to distal descending aorta after manual tracing of the luminal and outer aortic wall on axial reformatted images | 59:65 | 25–35 |
Le, 2016 [11] | 3 T, cine bSSFP, luminal diameter of the aortic annulus, sinus and sinotubular junction at diastole measured on the sagittal LVOT plane | 91:89 | 20–69 |