Assessment of aortic and cerebral haemodynamics and vascular brain injury with 3 and 7 T magnetic resonance imaging in patients with aortic coarctation.
Timion A MeijsRick J van TuijlHilde van den BrinkNick A WeaverJeroen C W SieroH Bart van der WorpKees P J BraunTim LeinerPim A de JongJaco J M ZwanenburgPieter A DoevendansMichiel D VoskuilHeynric B GrotenhuisPublished in: European heart journal open (2023)
Patients with CoA show an increased flow velocity and reduced distensibility in the aorta and proximal cerebral arteries, which suggests the presence of a generalized arteriopathy that extends into the cerebral arterial tree. No substantial vascular brain injury was observed in this relatively young CoA population, although the study was inadequately powered regarding this endpoint.