Cine-CMR partial voxel segmentation demonstrates increased aortic stiffness among patients with Marfan syndrome.

CONCLUSIONS: The application of PVI to standard CMR imaging can assess abnormal descending aorta functional indices in normal caliber segments in MFS subjects. Future prospective studies with larger subject populations are warranted to further determine the overall utility of automated aortic segmentation as a possible early biomarker of aortic dysfunction before overt dilatation. PMID: 28540066 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Thorac Dis Source Type: research