Background Aortic enlargement and impaired bioelasticity are of interest in several cardiac
and non-cardiac diseases as they can lead to cardiovascular complications. Cardiovascular …

Background Increased aortic stiffness is an independent predictor of cardiovascular disease.
Optimal measurement is highly beneficial for the detection of atherosclerosis and the …

Objective Applanation tonometry evaluation of pulse wave velocity is widely accepted as the
'gold standard'method for noninvasively assessing arterial stiffness. Newer noninvasive …

Background Young females exhibit lower cardiovascular event rates that young men, a
pattern which is lost, or even reversed with advancing age. As aortic stiffness is a powerful …

Background: Knowledge of normal aortic dimensions is important while evaluating children
with aortic root dilatation. Objective: The purpose of the study was to create normal values …

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is particularly well adapted to the evaluation of aortic
distensibility. The calculation of this parameter, based on the change in vessel cross …

Purpose To determine the correlation in abdominal aortic stiffness obtained using magnetic
resonance elastography (MRE)(μMRE) and MRI‐based pulse wave velocity (PWV) shear …

Background Previous studies demonstrated the usefulness of MRI in the evaluation of aortic
biomechanics in Marfan patients with aortic dilatation. However, these parameters have not …

Aims Longitudinal determinants of aortic stiffness (AS) measured by magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) have not been assessed in a large community-based population. Our aim …

Aortic compliance and pulse wave velocity (PWV) are important determiners of heart load,
and are clinically useful indices of cardiovascular risk. Most direct methods to derive them …