Optimizing evaluation in pediatric and young adult patients with Marfan syndrome: Novel longitudinal metrics to track growth of aortic structures

Surveillance metrics in pediatric and young adult Marfan syndrome (pMFS) are challenging. We evaluated the utility of aortic root cross-sectional area/height index (CSA/Ht) on echocardiogram among pMFS patients as a risk stratification and surgical triage metric.

Source: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery - March 15, 2022 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Salima Ahmed Bhimani, Abdelrahman Rahmy, Suzie Kim, Justin B. Jin, Kenneth Zahka, Rukmini Komarlu, Lars G. Svensson, Amol Pande, Tara Karamlou, Members of Marfan Working Group, Jeevanantham Rajeswaran, Vidayasagar Kalahasti, Milind Desai, Eric Roselli, Mi Tags: Congenital Source Type: research