Refining the upper limit of normal for the ascending aorta: In search of optimal criteria -- a large database study of normal individuals

CONCLUSIONS: The lowest prevalence of 7.6% probably represents the optimal cutoff for dilated mAA because it includes age, which explains most of the variation in mAA, in narrow (10 year) intervals only performed in our normals, which represents the largest sample size to date.PMID:36412136 | DOI:10.1177/17085381221140171

Source: Vascular - November 22, 2022 Category: Surgery Authors: Ji Ae Yoon Mirza Mujadil Ahmad Muhammad Nabeel Syed Mirza Nubair Ahmad Sharmeen Fatima Hussaini Mustafa Noor Muhammad Syed Haris A Pir Bijoy K Khandheria A Jamil Tajik Khawaja Afzal Ammar Source Type: research