Variants of the aortic arch in adult general population and their association with thoracic aortic aneurysm disease.
Sameh YousefSaket SinghAbedalrazaq AlkukhunBilal AlturkmaniMakoto MoriJuliafayanne ChenClancy W MullanCornell W BrooksRoland AssiPeter J GruberIsabel CortopassiArnar GeirssonPrashanth VallabhajosyulaPublished in: Journal of cardiac surgery (2021)
Reported prevalence of aortic arch anomalies by CT imaging in the older adult population is approximately 3%, with high association of TAA (OR = 2.85) incidence in this subgroup. This may warrant a more tailored surveillance strategy for aneurysm disease in this subpopulation.
Keyphrases
- aortic aneurysm
- risk factors
- public health
- high resolution
- computed tomography
- coronary artery
- spinal cord
- copy number
- magnetic resonance imaging
- gene expression
- clinical trial
- image quality
- randomized controlled trial
- contrast enhanced
- magnetic resonance
- positron emission tomography
- spinal cord injury
- dual energy
- mass spectrometry