Thoracic aortic size in Brazilian smokers: measures using low-dose chest computed tomography anatomical and epidemiological assessment.
Lucas Lembrança PinheiroMarcelo Passos TeivelisAdriano TchibanaRicardo Sales Dos SantosRichard Wonuh JooEmanuela ZippoNelson WoloskerPublished in: Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) (2021)
This study with low-dose CT allowed the determination of the mean diameters of the ascending aorta, aortic arch, and descending aorta in Brazilian smokers and TAA prevalence.
Keyphrases
- low dose
- pulmonary artery
- computed tomography
- aortic valve
- aortic dissection
- smoking cessation
- high dose
- dual energy
- positron emission tomography
- coronary artery
- pulmonary hypertension
- image quality
- contrast enhanced
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- magnetic resonance imaging
- spinal cord
- risk factors
- left ventricular
- molecularly imprinted