Marked disparity in mechanical wall properties between ascending and descending aorta in patients with tetralogy of Fallot | Zendy

Hirofumi Saiki | Zendy; Takuro Kojima | Zendy; Mitsuru Seki | Zendy; Satoshi Masutani | Zendy; Hideaki Senzaki | Zendy

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Marked disparity in mechanical wall properties between ascending and descending aorta in patients with tetralogy of Fallot

Author(s) -

Hirofumi Saiki,

Takuro Kojima,

Mitsuru Seki,

Satoshi Masutani,

Hideaki Senzaki

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1093/ejcts/ezr032

Subject(s) - aorta , tetralogy of fallot , ascending aorta , medicine , cardiology , descending aorta , thoracic aorta , pulse wave velocity , aortic valve , anatomy , heart disease , blood pressure

Recent studies have linked abnormal aortic medial pathology to progressive aortic root dilatation in patients with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). To explore whether the aortic medial pathology in TOF is linked to aortic mechanical property, the present study tested the hypothesis that the distribution of impaired aortic elasticity corresponds to the known distribution of abnormal medial pathology (confined to the ascending aorta) in TOF.

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