From: Relation between age and aortic wall compliance in the Marfan syndrome: evaluation with Velocity-Encoded MRI
PWVAA
m/s
PWVDA
PWVtot
Dist
mmHg-1
SI
(-)
Marfan
5.6 ± 1.4
6.4 ± 2.4
5.9 ± 1.6
446 ± 262
3.0 ± 0.5
Control
4.8 ± 0.9
5.0 ± 1.5
4.9 ± 1.1
674 ± 426
2.7 ± 0.6
p-value
0.004
0.003
<0.001
0.02
0.07