Echocardiographic Doppler assessment of the biophysical properties of the aorta in pediatric patients with the Marfan syndrome

Timothy J Bradley; James E Potts; Mary T Potts; Astrid M DeSouza; George G S Sandor

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.06.080

Echocardiographic Doppler assessment of the biophysical properties of the aorta in pediatric patients with the Marfan syndrome

Am J Cardiol. 2005 Nov 1;96(9):1317-21. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.06.080. Epub 2005 Sep 15.

Authors

Timothy J Bradley¹, James E Potts, Mary T Potts, Astrid M DeSouza, George G S Sandor

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, British Columbia Children's Hospital and The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. [email protected]

PMID: 16253606
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.06.080

Abstract

In the Marfan syndrome (MS), aortic root involvement is usually clinically monitored according to the aortic sinus of Valsalva dilation. Using an echocardiographic Doppler method in this cross-sectional study, abnormal biophysical properties of the ascending aorta were found in pediatric patients with MS compared with healthy controls but not consistently in association with the aortic sinus of Valsalva dilation.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Aorta, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging*
Aorta, Thoracic / physiopathology
Blood Flow Velocity / physiology*
Child
Cross-Sectional Studies
Echocardiography, Doppler*
Female
Humans
Male
Marfan Syndrome / diagnostic imaging*
Marfan Syndrome / physiopathology
Observer Variation
Reproducibility of Results
Sinus of Valsalva / diagnostic imaging*
Sinus of Valsalva / physiopathology
Vascular Resistance / physiology*