Open AccessEvaluation of normal abdominal aortic diameters in the Indian population using computed tomography
Author(s) -
Anitha Jasper,
Gayatri G Harshe,
SN Keshava,
Girish Baburao Kulkarni,
Edwin Stephen,
Shwetha Agarwal
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.128813
Subject(s) - medicine , abdominal aorta , aorta , abdomen , population , body mass index , body surface area , nuclear medicine , positive correlation , transverse diameter , radiology , anatomy , surgery , environmental health
The aim of this study was to establish normal diameters for the suprarenal and infrarenal abdominal aorta measured at T12 and L3 vertebral levels in the Indian population and to study the variation in aortic diameters with age, sex, height, weight, body mass index (BMI), and body surface area (BSA).