The main predictors of the enlargement of ascending aorta in Turner syndrome: a cross-sectional contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography study.

CONCLUSIONS: The main factors associated with the enlargement of ascending aorta in Turner syndrome were age, body surface area and bicuspid aortic valve, the relation between diameter of ascending aorta and bone mineral density was not identified. PMID: 30290692 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30290692?dopt=Abstract

Source: Minerva Endocrinologica - October 8, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Minerva Endocrinol Source Type: research