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Table 1 Aortic root, abdominal and femoral vascular assessment

From: Non-contrast 3D radial and QISS MRA for transcatheter aortic valve replacement planning

Aortic root assessment

3D Whole Heart

2D-bSSFP

P

Aortic annulus diameter - min

22.3±1.7

22.6±1.5

NS

Aortic annulus diameter - max

28.2±1.4

28.1±1.4

NS

Aortic annulus perimeter

89.4±6.9

90.3±6.6

NS

Aortic annulus area

5.4±0.4

5.6±0.3

NS

CNR - valvular plane

42.3±28.4

11.9±2.7

< 0.05

CNR - aortic root

47.6±30.3

11.4±2.9

< 0.05

Abdominal and femoral vascular assessment

3D Whole Heart

QISS

P

Abdominal aorta diameter

20.8±5.5

19.9±5.7

NS

Left common iliac artery diameter

11.5±0.9

12.4±2.8

NS

Right common iliac artery diameter

11.8±1.9

10.6±4.1

NS

Left common femoral artery diameter

10.6±0.9

8.4±4.6

NS

Right common femoral artery diameter

11.2±1.1

8.8±3.6

NS

CNR - abdominal aorta

12.3±4.7

21.1±12.3

NS

CNR - left common iliac artery

13.2±8.3

20.3±9.1

NS

CNR - right common iliac artery

18.9±11.0

14.2±4.4

NS

CNR - left common femoral artery

15.2±6.9

17.9±9.2

NS

CNR - right common femoral artery

18.7±11.0

21.0±11.4

NS

  1. CNR, contrast-to-noise ratio; NS, non-significant