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Abdominal Aorta Dilatation and Cardiovascular Outcomes

Abdominal Aorta Dilatation and Cardiovascular Outcomes Editorial Another Dimension of Arterial Age? Ahmad Masri, MD; João L. Cavalcante, MD ortic aneurysm is defined as having a permanent local- and used ultrasound instead of multidetector CT to measure Aized dilatation of the aorta, with at least 50% increase aortic diameters. Furthermore, in the case of thoracic aorta in diameter compared with the expected normal diameter diameter, there are no prior large community-based data that of that aortic segment. The same guidelines do not offer have shown an association between nonaneurysmal dilated a definition for a localized aortic dilatation of <50% of the thoracic aorta and mortality, after adjusting for age, sex, body expected normal diameter, commonly referred to in clini- size, and risk factors. cal practice as mild aortic dilatation. Further, this definition In this issue of Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, does not specify what represents a normal diameter. It has Qazi et al studied the association between increased aortic been recognized that aortic diameters are affected by age, diameters and incident adverse cardiovascular events. The sex, body size, and imaging modality. Thus, without taking study evaluated 3318 subjects enrolled in the Framingham Heart Study Offspring and Third Generation cohorts who these factors into account, normal diameters http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging Wolters Kluwer Health

Abdominal Aorta Dilatation and Cardiovascular Outcomes

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Wolters Kluwer Health
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© 2017 American Heart Association, Inc.
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1941-9651
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10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.117.007289
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Editorial Another Dimension of Arterial Age? Ahmad Masri, MD; João L. Cavalcante, MD ortic aneurysm is defined as having a permanent local- and used ultrasound instead of multidetector CT to measure Aized dilatation of the aorta, with at least 50% increase aortic diameters. Furthermore, in the case of thoracic aorta in diameter compared with the expected normal diameter diameter, there are no prior large community-based data that of that aortic segment. The same guidelines do not offer have shown an association between nonaneurysmal dilated a definition for a localized aortic dilatation of <50% of the thoracic aorta and mortality, after adjusting for age, sex, body expected normal diameter, commonly referred to in clini- size, and risk factors. cal practice as mild aortic dilatation. Further, this definition In this issue of Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, does not specify what represents a normal diameter. It has Qazi et al studied the association between increased aortic been recognized that aortic diameters are affected by age, diameters and incident adverse cardiovascular events. The sex, body size, and imaging modality. Thus, without taking study evaluated 3318 subjects enrolled in the Framingham Heart Study Offspring and Third Generation cohorts who these factors into account, normal diameters

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