Aortic root dimension changes during systole and diastole: evaluation with ECG-gated multidetector row computed tomography

• Published in: International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging Vol. 27; no. 8; pp. 1195 - 1204
• Main Authors: de Heer, Linda M., Budde, Ricardo P. J., Mali, Willem P. Th. M., de Vos, Alexander M., van Herwerden, Lex A., Kluin, Jolanda
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.12.2011; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Aged; Aorta; Aortic Valve - diagnostic imaging; Aortic Valve - physiology; Cardiac Imaging; Cardiac-Gated Imaging Techniques; Cardiology; Computed tomography; Diastole; Electrocardiography; Female; Heart; Humans; Imaging; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Original Paper; Radiology; Reference Values; Sinus; Sinus of Valsalva - diagnostic imaging; Sinus of Valsalva - physiology; Systole; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Aortic valve; Multidetector row computed tomography; Electrocardiogram (ECG)-gated imaging techniques

Cardiac pulsatility and aortic compliance may result in aortic area and diameter changes throughout the cardiac cycle in the entire aorta. Until this moment these dynamic changes could never be established in the aortic root (aortic annulus, sinuses of Valsalva and sinotubular junction). The aim of...